>>>During the war my Grandfather did a brisk business in maple syrup I suspect due to the rationing of sugar. I can remember he and the hired man doing the sugaring and my Mom sitting in the car with the canned syrup selling it most as fast as it was drawn off<<< Now that was a great bit of history! See, Vee.... even the little bits you write, can bring out the things from other people, that we never would have gotten!