102 MAPLE-SAP SIRUP. 



Comparison of averages based on different localities of the same State. 



STATISTICS OF THE MAPLE SIRUP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED 



STATES. 



It is a rather difficult task to obtain the actual amount of maple 

 sirup produced in the United States, first, because it is produced in 

 small quantities by many farmers, and, again, a great deal of it does 

 not reach the market but is sold to friends of the makers. The census 

 reports of the years 1850 to 1900 give figures for maple production, 

 sugar only having been reported in 1850 while in the other years sirup 

 was also given. These have been arranged in order of their impor- 

 tance in production of maple sirup as reported by the 1900 census, in 

 which year reports from 62,718 farms were received. 



