MAPLE SIRUP PRODUCERS MANUAL 



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When 25 droplines have been collected, they 

 are tied into bundles, with the tee ends flush. 

 Since all droplines are alike, no labeling is 

 needed. 



Figure 52.— Taking down droplines. 



Figure 53. — Taking up lateral lines. 



Figure .54.— Tying and labeling bundles of lateral lines. 



The second team collects, bundles, and tags 

 the disconnected lateral lines. The leadman 

 collects the tubing. Beginning at the first 

 tapped tree, he picks up the end of the tubing 

 that extends from the main line or storage tank 

 and pulls the tube to the second tree. There he 

 picks up the end of the tube e.xtending between 

 the first two trees and places the end flush with 

 the end of the first tube. Then he pulls the two 

 lengths of tubing to the third tree and repeats 

 the process until a handful of tubing (20 to 25 

 pieces) has been collected. Smaller lots may be 

 obtained from an isolated section of the sugar 

 grove. 



When a handful of tubing has been collected, 

 it is left at the tree where the last piece was 

 collected. Another member of the team ties the 

 flush ends together into a bundle and attaches 

 a label showing the general area of the sugar 

 grove where it was installed. The bundle of 

 tubing is then tied into a coil approximately 2 

 feet in diameter for easy handling. 



This system of installing and dismantling the 

 tubing not only is simple but makes washing 

 and sanitizing of the tubing easy. 



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At the end of the maple season most of the 

 interior of the tubing is either wet or moist with 

 sap. With the warmer weather at that time. 



