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BY MATTHEW STONE

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Peter_Raymond Maheuxyz of SmOaklandVillez.dum, ME
Mar 22, 2008 11:26 AM
EVERY TREE can be DIFFERENT. Year'z ago I $aw 25-40 gallon'z of $ap for $YRUP.

I even read $ugar-maple ain't alway'$ 'da be$treport abuse
Cynical of Central, ME
Mar 22, 2008 7:36 AM
"Poulin said 25 gallsons of sap are needed to make a half gallon of syrup."

Voila! Proof thaat there is "economy of scale" even in nature, as it apparently takes 25 gallons of sap to make 1//2 gallon of syrup, but only 40 gallons of sap to make ONE gallon of syrup!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_syrupreport abuse

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