Son of Walter Gaylord pouring sap into container. The sap from sugar maple trees is boiled down into maple syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes
Summary
Public domain photograph - historical image of Vermont, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1940
Contributors
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
Location
Waitsfield (Vt.), 44.19000, -72.82472
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html