MAPLE SUGAR. 335 



MAPLE SUGAR. 



HAMPSHIRE. 



Statement of Zebina M. Hunt. 



In making maple sugar, I first have all the apparatus clean ; 

 and I have liad my boiling arch constructed so that the fire 

 does not come above the sap, when boiling. After gathering 

 the sap it is strained and boiled to sirup, then strained, cooled, 

 and when boiled to sugar I cleanse with the white of an egg 

 and milk. 



SuKDERLAND, November 15, 1857. 



Statement of H. O. Field. 



My maple sugar was made from sap taken from maple trees 

 and boiled to sirup. I then strained, put it in a cask till cold ; 

 again strained and placed it over a slow fire. I added a little 

 sweet milk and saleratus at the rate of a teaspoonful to twenty- 

 five pounds of sugar, and boiled until it would crystalize. It was 

 then taken from the fire, stirred gently, and when it began to 

 crystalize was poured into dry tin dishes. 



Lkveuett, November 15, 1S57. 



Statement of A. Montague. 



To make maple sugar, I procure sap from the maple tree in 

 March and April. I collect it in wooden tubs, strain it, boil to 

 sirup, then strain, cool, and settle it. I next cleanse with the 

 white of an egg or eggs ; again strain ; boil until done, and 

 then it is stirred and caked. 



Sunderland, November 15, 1857. 



