VOI..  XXXIII.  No.  IJ.  , 
WHOL.E  No.  1 
)  I'll  ICE  SIX  CENTS. 
(  «‘2.65  PER  YEAR. 
[Entered  according  to  Acc.  of  Ootufiega.  In  the  year  1876,  l>y  tbn  Knral  Piibllsliln)?  (Jonipuny,  in  the  office  of  the  Librnriun  of  Conirress  iii  Waslilnfiton.j 
many  portious  of  the  oounti^.  Even  in  tlie  new 
territoriea  where  maple  treea  are  jileutiful  sugar 
making  j$  not  nearly  ao  general  aa  it  w'as  hi  pio* 
neer  eoinmunitiea  fifty  yeein  ago.  "I'lien  largo 
and  thriving  settlements  de|H;ndfd  upon  home 
umnnfacturea  for  the  usual  *up|>ly  of  sweets, 
and,  with  few  of  the  modern  coiivenieiioes,  life 
in  the  sugar  bush  was  far  more  disagreeable 
than  now.  No  doubt  the  proportion  of  maple 
sugar  is  not  so  large  as  fomierly ;  but  it  is  still 
an  Imijortant  industry  in  many  thrifty  comnmiu- 
ties,  and  we  believe  can  be  made  profitable 
wherever  gi'oves  of  maple  trees  are  found, 
njcr*  is  a  jH'ouliar  lliivor  to  maple  sweet  which 
is  decidedly  superior  to  that  of  any  other  at 
least  in  onr  opinion.  It  is  vei7  probable  that  as 
maple  orchards  l.K>conie  scarce  the  price  of  maple 
sirup  and  sugar  will  rise  high  enough  to  make 
the  land  worth  more  covered  with  maple  trees 
than  it  would  be  with  anything  else.  In  fact, 
hundreds  of  acres  of  rough  land  might  be  profit¬ 
ably  planted  to  maples  mth  the  certainty  that 
the  next  generation  would  Had  them  highly 
profitable. 
Our  illu.straUon.  telling  the  story  of  sugar 
making  In  its  various  processes,  is  so  perfect  a 
reproduction  of  similar  scenes  often  witnessed 
aiAKlNG  OF  MAPLE  SUGAK. 
The  illustration  whicli  occupies  this  page  gives 
a  vivid  description  of  the  inoileH  and  manners 
accompanying  the  tiiaking  of  maple  sugar  in 
large  quantities,  which  are  now  rarely  seen  in 
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