PRIMITIVE MAPLE TREE SAP SPOUTS TAPS SPILES 1900s NICE

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THE INDIANS CALLED IT " SINZIBUKWUD ". The Indians taught the first white settlers how to tap maple trees in the Spring,then evaporate the sweet sap until it became maple syrup. In Ben Franklin's time, plans were afoot to make American self-sufficient in sugar production, using maple sugar ! Whenever I get a chance I dig through old sheds, barns, attics and sugarbushes looking for different style taps. I have found that to collect all the different ones is quite a challenge.Most of the ones I have were found in upstate Vermont near the border of Canada . In those days it was common to cross back and forth between the countries .I'm sure even some of the tap lines ran on both sides .I guess the ideal of making syrup is somewhat simple : Drill a hole in a maple tree, put in a tap, when the weather warms the sap runs into a container under the tap. Boil the heck out of the sap and you can come up with syrup. ( Thats the general idea ). I would think that perhaps these are from the early 1900s or late 1800s There are three different and two of each. One type has the name of Wagner on one side and Pat-d on the other, next is a shorty one that is only marked Pat-d. This one has a square end that goes into the tree. Next is one marked Soule on one side and a date on the other, I can not cleary read the date but I think it is 18-- something. read more

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