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| Removing the sap spile from the mandrel. |
In practice, a blank or cut piece of sheet goods was placed
in the slot, bent down and as the armature was turned the lever
on the other side forced the blank into a tapered receptacle.
At that point, the junction was soldered to form the cone. There
are two metal versions shown, one with a protrusion to hold
the pail and one without.
N.B. In this article there are French words. Today, the province
of Quebec is responsible for 60 to 70 percent of the world's
maple syrup market, by harvesting sap from existing sugar bushes
or bulk purchasing product from other North American sources.
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