THE SIMPLE ART OF SAPSUCKING 



HE yellow-bellied 

 sapsucker is, at this 

 time of year, one of our 

 most abundant wood- 

 peckers, and in its life we 

 have an excellent example 

 of that individuality 

 which is ever cropping 

 out in Nature the trial and 

 acceptance of life under new conditions. 



In the spring we tap the sugar maples, 

 and gather great pailfuls of the sap as it 

 rises from its winter resting-place in the roots, and the 



