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802maple
12-15-2006, 07:35 PM
The Addison County Sugarmakers will be sponsoring a maple school on January 13th at Mt Abraham Union High School in Bristol Vt.

Topics will be;

High production tubing setups- Scott Wheeler of Shrewsbury, VT.

Time of tapping- Tim Wilmot, Proctor Research Center

Comparative Tubing Trials- Brian Stowe, Proctor Research Center

Air injection systems- Abby van den Berg, Proctor Research Center

Basic Woods Management- Chris Olson,Addison County Forester

Sap Ladders, Learn to defy gravity, Panel of sugarmakers

Forest Pests- Spray or Not to spray, Ron Kelley, Vt Forest and Parks

Syrup Grading -Henry Marckes, Vt. Consumer Protection Chief

Sugarhouse Efficiencies-R.O. and fuel consumption Dave Folino and Harry Atkinson

Boiling School- Glen Goodrich,Cabot Vt

Sensible Woodcutting- Work in your woods sensibly and safely
Bill Scott and Tim Steady

Value Added Products-Learn to make Maple Cream, Candy, Maple nuts,and granulated sugar Jim Rowe, Dave Wetmore and yours truly Jerry Masterson

RO Round Table Panel Discussion Don Dolliver, Peter Purinton,Steve Pierson, Mike Christian ( maplewrks) and me again Jerry Masterson

Regionalizing Maple Marketing- John Elder,Middlebury College Professor and local sugarmaker

When to drill without the pill- Stepan Guay

Schedule
7:30-8:45 Registration- Coffee and Donuts
8:45-9:20 Welcome
9:30-10:20 Session 1
10:30- 11:20 Session 2
11:30-12:50 Lunch & Trade show
1:00-1:50 Session 3
2:00-2:50 Session 4

Certificates to hang in your sugarhouse for sessions attended

Registration Fees

Meeting only- $10 (pre-registration recieved by 12/30/2006)
Meeting only at the door $15
Meeting and Lunch- $20 w/ pre-registration
Meeting and Lunch at the door $30

This is a schedule as I recieved it. There will be multiple classes going on at a time so it might be that you can't make all of them. It is my understanding that there possibly will be tapes available for the classes missed. Lunch will be served by the Addison County FFA.There will be more info available if you are interested in going by e-mailing Barb Rainville at <rainvb@wcvt.com>

HanginAround
12-15-2006, 07:53 PM
Wow, sounds like a great program. Good luck with it, wish you were closer!

Breezy Lane Sugarworks
12-15-2006, 10:07 PM
Looks like there'll be some very useful discussions!!

Looking forward to seeing any of you traders that can make it!