Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2012, Page 229

Description:	Stone Vail Mapk lyrupDavid Ray, a dedicated maple syrup maker, tells what led himto be in the position that he is today with his business.In early February, late January with the help of my immediate family, we go toour property in Medora, Indiana to tap maple trees of all sorts. With the sap bagswhich is kinda like the modern day bucket. My parents and grandpa and I (maybean occasional helping hand) go down to collect every other day and bring back toBloomington on Z75 gallon polyurethane tanks. We then pump it to a holding tankto be cooked the next day after school. I first come home from school and startthe fire under my nine inch long two inch wide evaporator. Once started about 30minutes.I draw about half a gallon of syrup I tested with a hydrometer and put it in fivegallons buckets to be then filter pressed and bottled. Though once the sap iscollected it needs to be cooked right away because it spoils at the rate of milkbut once made into syrup it will last forever. I collect in Medora and to be exactLeesville and there I collected 1,500 gallons of sap and make it in Bloomingtonon my evaporator and this year I made 37 gallons of syrup because it is a 40 toone ratio from sap to syrup.The reason I decided to sell maple syrup was to expand and if you dont sellsyrup it is a hobby where you lose money. The idea for making it came from thegrandfather who made it as a kid and wanted to show and pass on the art ofmaking syrup. I sell 12 ounces glass bottles of syrup for 20 dollars. I mostly sell itat the Farmers Market but also to family and friends. In the future though, I wouldlike to sell whole to restaurants and stores.- A t■P ^ IBk j BbVJacob MooreRivkah MooreNathan MooreDaniel MorganDesmin MoriartyRoger MorrisThomas MowlsMontana MullGrace MullinDestiny MullisDevin MullisMaximiliano MunozTyler MurphyDevin NapierJohn NealZoe NeedRyan NephewChris NewMorgan Newman-PerryKatherine NicholsonAlexmar Nin-VelezCameron NoltingGerashae NormanAdrianna NovakSeth NunleyIsabelle Oneil-CaineShailey OstlundJennifer Owens-§It*4
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Collection:	Bloomington High School North

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