[AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad

[Bob McNitt]

Charlie,Wow! 8x16? No wonder he had trouble.

Paul, don't feel bad. I know several people who tried their hand at making 
syrup at home with less-than-expected results. I blame it on some of those 
"farmette" on-line how-to web sites that post articles w/o ever trying the 
operations involved.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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> Bob the pan that my friend built was a big one.  More like 8' x 16'.   He
> didn't do to well making syrup.  He spent all that money on a pan and 
> fixed
> up and old cane press.  Then he had a crop failure on his cane patch.  I
> don't know if he tried it again the next year or not.  His health turned 
> bad
> about that time and he has since died after a long fight with cancer.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob McNitt" <nysports at frontiernet.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:25 PM
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>
>
>> Henry's right ... w/o a sap pan, appropriate firebox and covered shelter
>> bldg, you'll be wasting sap. As I recall, our pan was about 5x3. You 
>> might
>> consider seeing if anyone nearby you is sugaring and review their
>> operation.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Henry Miller" <hank at millerfarm.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
>>
>>
>>> If you haven't figguered out how/where you are going to boil the sap
>>> don't
>>> bother starting.   I learned this the hard way when I was 14.   My
>>> neighbor had the spouts, and buckets were easy to find.  Nobody had
>>> anything useful for boiling sap.  We ended up with about 200 gallons of
>>> sap, and were dumping some for lack of storage!  (I'm not sure how much
>>> we
>>> dumped, I think we were collecting 10 gallons a day)
>>>
>>> What we tried was a hot water bath canner on a barrel wood stove.  Never
>>> got hot enough to boil anything despite plenty of dry wood to work with.
>>> I was told my friend's parents had tried boiling in the house a few 
>>> years
>>> before, but the house got all sticky.
>>>
>>> You don't need everything now, but if you don't have a plan and all the
>>> equipment on order, you could be wasting time.
>>>
>>> Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Mar 13, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Paul Waugh wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I will try the copper pipe and screw. Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Ask around the town. You may find someone who's got buckets full of
>>>>the made-to-purpose spigots that simply tap into the hole, and who is
>>>>not planning to use them now.
>>>>
>>>>You'll need some buckets, too.
>>>>
>>>>Note: about one barrel (50 gallons) of sap is needed for a gallon of
>>>>syrup.  You'll need a big pile of sawmill scraps to feed the fire.
>>>>
>>>>Roy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Roy Morgan
>>>>k1lky at earthlink.net
>>>>529 Cobb St.
>>>>Groton NY, 13073
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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