188 maine Agricultural experiment station. 1907. 



those for the National law. While the National law only regu- 

 lates interstate commerce and hence does not apply to materials 

 produced within the State, the rules and regulations prescribed 

 by the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture will be recognized in all 1 

 respects in the execution of the Maine Food and Drug Law. 

 There will therefore be only one set of standards and rules regu- 

 lating the sale of foods and drugs in Maine. An article of food 

 or drugs sold in conformity with the National law will be held 

 to be in conformity with the Maine law. 



Maple Goods. 

 In the spring of 1907 samples of maple goods on sale in Maine 

 were collected in several of the larger cities and the results of 

 the analyses together with related matter are here reported. It 

 will be noted that not all the goods were pure and not all were 

 sold in conformity with the law. No case of deliberate fraud 

 on the part of Maine dealers was found and all dealers expressed 

 themselves ready and anxious to conform to the requirements 

 of the law. They either withdrew unlawfully branded goods 

 from sale or made the necessary changes in the brands. It is 

 confidently hoped that the spring of 1908 will find the Maine 

 markets practically free from maple goods unlawfully offered 

 for sale. 



THE MANUFACTURE OE MAPLE GOODS. 



Vermont is the largest maple sugar producing state in the 

 Union and its Experiment Station has given considerable atten- 

 tion to subjects which have to do with the preparation of maple 

 goods. The results are published chiefly in bulletins 26 and 103 

 and the reports of the Vermont Station for the years 1904 and 

 1905, aggregating about 260 pages. As these publications are 

 not available for general distribution, and there are a number 

 of sugar orchards in Maine, it may be helpful to give, greatly 

 abridged, some of the conclusions relative to flow of sap made 

 by the Vermont Station. 



Maple trees well exposed to sunlight give more and richer sap 

 than those farther back in the sugar bush where they are 

 crowded and shaded. 



The location of the branches upon the tree has very little to- 

 do with the distribution of the sugar in the trunk. 



