[AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad

Sat Mar 14 12:28:55 PDT 2009

Al, that is something Mike should do at the Farm.  Have a Cane day.

How is your new IH working out?

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad

>A fellow in our neighborhood still make some syrup.  To me his last batch
> wasn't as good--I think some of it might have scorched a little.
>
> My dad remembers his maternal grandfather making gallons of syrup from 
> cane
> every year.  He said it was somekindofgood!  Back then that was the main
> sweetener that people here in this part of the countryside had.
>
> Al
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Date: 3/14/2009 2:09:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
>>
>> yeah he had the thing built on a trailer.  The main problem he had was
> they
>> couldn't get burners under it that would get it hot enough.
>>
>> Every year at the NC State Fair they have a cane syrup display up and
>> running for the entire week.  It's wood fired of course.  That pan is
>> probably as big or bigger than the one my friend built.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bob McNitt" <nysports at frontiernet.net>
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>> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
>>
>>
>> > 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>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:05 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
>> >
>> >
>> >> 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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>> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> 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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