ABOUT FRUITS, FLOWERS AND FARMING. 153 



MAPLE. SUGAR. 



As most persons who have not informed themselves on 

 the subject, imagine that we are indebted to cane-sugar for 

 our main supply, and that maple-sugar is a petty neighbor- 

 hood matter, not worth the figures employed to represent 

 it, \ve propose to spend some space in stating the truth on 

 this matter. We will exhibit, 1, the amount produced; 2, 

 the proper way of manufacturing it ; 3, the proper treat- 

 ment of sugar-tree groves. 



We shall confine our statistics to the most important 

 Northern and Western States. 



1. New York produces annually 10,048,109 Ibs. 



2. Ohio 6,363,386 " 



3. Vermont 4,647,934 " 



4. Indiana 3,727,795 " 



5. Pennsylvania 2,265,755 " 



6. New Hampshire 1,162,368 " 



7. Virginia 1,541,833 " 



S.Kentucky 1,377,835 " 



9. Michigan 1,329,784 " 



Total of nine States 22,464,799 " 



Residue thus add for Maine, Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, Maryland, Tennessee, Illinois, 

 Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin 2,030,853 " 



24,495,652 " 



Something should be subtracted for beet-root and corn- 

 stalk-sugar. But on the other hand, the statistics are so 

 inurh below the truth on maple-sugar, that the deficiency 

 may be set off against beet-root and cornstalk-sugar. That 

 the- figures do not more than represent the amount of 

 maple-sugar produced in these States may be presumed 

 from one case. Indiana is set down at 3, 727, 795; but in 

 the four counties of Washington, Warrick, Posey and Har- 

 rison, no account seems to have been taken of this article. 



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