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which is generally the case toward the latter part of the eea- 

 son, it requires more boiling, and a higher proof, than that 

 collected earlier and of greater strength. 



The above method, on actual experiment, is said to 

 have answered well pbut a judicious su^ar boiler believes, 

 .hat It would be best to avoid letting the syrup stand 

 twelve hours after being strained through a blanket: when 

 the process is begun, the sooner it is completed, in his opinion, 

 the better ; the design of its so standing for twelve hours be- 

 ing chiefly intended to give sufficient time for the particles of 

 hme and other sediment to collect at the bottom of the kettle. 

 It is proposed that Jime should be mixed • with a quantity of 

 fresh sap in the evening, and be well stirred ; the large parti- 

 cles oflimeinthis case, will be likely to-subside before morn- 

 ing, and the clear sap so impregnated, may be mixed the next 

 morning, in proper proportions, in the several kettles, observ- 

 ing however, that in this mode, more lime will be necessary, 

 as less of its strength will be extracted by cold than byiiot 

 water. 



Graining. The syrup having stood twelve hours orupwar^Ifi, 

 then to be gently poured into a kettle or boiler, as above men- 

 tioned ; which would be best placed over afire made of char- 

 coal, as before hinted ; unless the kettle is so fixed in a firnace, 

 Grin such a situation that the flame can be confined to the 

 bottom ; for if it be suffered to pass on the sides,it endangers the 

 syrup's being burned. This operation should^lso be performed 

 with a smart fire, tobeuniformlyand equally kept up, in which, 

 as well as in boiling the green saj^ the use of butter,' hog's lard, 

 and other fat, is notonly very useful and advantageous, but abso^ 

 lutely necessary. 'When m the course of boiling, the sap rises 

 towards the top, apiece of fat equal in sise to a small nutmeg 

 thrown in, will keep it^own. • Particular care should be taken 

 by these means to prevent the risigig of the syrup when grain- 

 ing, which may require a largerproporcion of Dutter, &c. It 

 Is found that the evaporation is much more expeditious, and iit 



