Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 26, 1980, p. 8

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The Wednesday March IS80 Students make maple syrup with retired school principal Special Sunny skin and soggy snow bring of In m but however 11 a sign of Ihe harvest of the new season When the makers like El up fjr their job Mr Comfort Ins been in the drains it off for finishing when It is boiled down about CO per cent sugar This usually takes to four hours depending The finishing pan is fired in old Mote and the list of water usually boils down in half an hour Finished is filtered 1- he TO- la lit In mude syrup as n his parents farm ir in in insula things ll en and It He j Syrup in ind picked mis 1 ih had been it f r a while is from mi he firs ml with Tit first war In hid puis in with in iflerscliool ip lo the Today he his pipe In inncctint to a small shirk in bush which two pumps Tlu first usi a small to pump the sip out of he Hum lata a outside The second pumps from the lank to a ink above he shack the boiling down PI ISTH Tt lubmg ft ids sip from Hit lank the sap pans The sip runs topptr ibovt ihe pins the steam preheats it and An fcilurt of tilt svsiim is a pin under the pipes which catches tiie from he cold pipes mil lonterts it into hot si tint Mr Comfort his i supply of hit walcr for up stick hinds or equipment Sop moves through the thru portions if sap pn thin into three pi rtion syrup pan before it is filtered and drained into for r to finishing p in Com mi re il must hive i per eent content and Mr which can be healed so that the rtmnn5 180 degrees just right r he end of a da nee syrup has such a high sugir content about the same is Mr Comfort points it spoil very quickly inel in Ik stored for long unless it is prnptrly soiled m mowers Mr Comfort grades sop id the col The lighter color belter it is he soys bap taken curly in Iht has i lighter color than that iff the s in the the sip ilnelopsi luddj flavor and is less swiel is tin si in lion for the buds the sugar content is 1 the sip requires more time In j per tint sugar ind is re irktr than thai col leeted in Mr his sip syrup pins over wood ire ind one side of his sugar house is lined with wood piles He cuts oil his own woods from his own hush following a laid iwn far him several of lands in f irtsls when he s ughl their iduce on wlnth trees to bancs to improve his One of his first doily laiks is the lines from the bush to tank for If there Is a leak in the lines gets in and he loses vacuum in Iht system He finds a squirrel nibbling on a lint r spile is responsible f r the trouble if air is leaking into the lints Mr mf in remove his lues the end of the Hi flushes them thor mistily then chlorine luck through them and caps them until they in r Ihe following jear He goes out and tips the trees in for the beginning of the season in lite February about two week before sop begins to run Then when sap starts rising he is oil ready pul his system to work Making maple syrup was a very enterprise lie sij and I guess it still is seem be getting some thing from nature free wilh no idditivies And I like the out door life The mikes quite gratifying When Mr Comfort retired in 1972 after 10 years as Ihe principal of in North York he and his wife Belly I king fur i suit location a rtlirtmenl home in the country They spent their first building heir own home having a pond dug out beside the house I until Inter lhat he decided to take idvantnge of quantity of maples growing his pro pirtj This Is the third yeir the students from the Tola Im mtrston Program at High School will work with Mr Comfort something of irt of miking syrup The students lun ilso test LIMESTONE ALL SIZES GRAVEL FILL AND TOP SOIL BUD HAINES DURHAM ST 877 4593 tJrrn MUSIC LTD 8774919 g Sales Service RentalsInstruction to Fn Sat ftl ITS NEVER TOO LATE T Mil If Ml Large Selection Of Printed US cm Reg a metre Now Large Variety Of Printed Cotton 115 cm Reduced by up to Printed cm to 115 cm wide A Metre 50 Quilt Bats X Boucle Knits cm wide Ideal for that new suit LOTS OF IN STORE SPECIALS IN Drapery Upholstery Fabrics SALE ENDS MA 31 HOUSE of TEXTILES I Queen St W Brampton all the trees in his sugar bush for sugar content and stapled the results of the test on A third project used to keep week and is an be midi he sijs As will as enjoying the Mr Comfort students working outdoors in rise it happens lo be a cold and the sap I is an experiment to nine the usefulness of Mr Comfort eh Hi ilso his services to the for I rngrim is Mil r with it Maple hurst Detention the girth of irees plot and mark them four of every five have been fertilized determine if this Theexpen will continue until such lime it prut re lor in BROWNS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE PRESENTS SUITE SPECIALS Pc BEDROOM SUITE Includes night tables Compare Pc BEDROOM SUITE Compare at 1449 869 BEDROOM SUITE Includes night tables compare Clearout Pc BEDROOM SUITE Includes night tables Compare at Clearout Pc Bedroom Suite Compare at l Clearout Only 4 BEDROOM SUITE Compare at Clearout Only Dinette Specials 5Pc SOL0 From 00 Duncan Phyfe DINING ROOM SPECIAL Compare at CLEAROUT SPECIAL s ASK ABOUT FREE DELIVERY MANY OTHER FURNITURE SPECIALS Coffee End Tables Swivel Chairs Recliner Chairs Kitchen Suites Bookcase Units Sofa Beds Davenports Many items are ONE OF A KINDONLYl Choice goes to the early shopper ICHESTERFIELD SPECIALS 2 PC HIGH BACK CHESTERFIELD Compare 0NIY 749 2 PC PINE CHESTERFIELD Compare at ONLY CUP THIS COUPON Ktc ED FRAME WITH THIS COUPON WITH WE PURCHASE OF ANY BOX SPRING MATTRESS COMBINATIONS OVER CUP THB Coupon be presented at time of Coupon mint Be preientea at or pur APPLIANCE FURNITURE WAREHOUSE MASTERCMAROE CHAROEX 334GUELPH ST 7 GEORGETOWN 8772828

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