Because we are so involved in the Maple Syrup Industry, I just wanted to share with all you out there who might be wanting to try your hand at making your own syrup----and those of you already doing it. The following instructions will get you to the entire Maple Syrup Producers Manual, which can be downloaded in it's entirety or piecemeal or just read online. This site has everything you'd be interested in about syrupping. Also, I'd be glad to help if you need further.

Go to HTTP://online.ag.ohio-state.edu From there go to Bulletins and at the bottom choose: Bulletins by number. Go to 856 Voila!!

-- Rosalie Deatline (deatline@globalsite.net), January 16, 2002

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The original address you gave (HTTP://online.ag.ohio-state.edu) doesn't work.....???

THANKS!

-- hmm (h.m.metheny@att.net), January 16, 2002.

Sorry, that's HTTP://ohioline.ag.ohio-state.edu Apparently I was suffering from a brain hiccup.

-- Rosalie (Dee) in IN (deatline@globalsite.net), January 16, 2002.

Rosalie:

Thanks! We are going to be trying this year for the first time!

-- marcee (thathope@mwt.net), January 16, 2002.

THANKS SO MUCH! I found it - my husband will be glad! ;)

-- hmm (h.m.metheny@att.net), January 16, 2002.

We tried this for the first time last year. We made taps out of sumac and collected in milk jugs tied around the trees. we boiled it down in pots ontop of an outside fire and although it was time consuming, we ate yummy maple syrup all year long

-- angie alexander (angiealexander@hotmail.com), January 17, 2002.

Here is a link for the maple syrup manual.

-- Rick (Rick_122@hotmail.com), January 18, 2002.