Hurlbut’s Maple Syrup

Own two farms and rent 5 farms

Altogether 130 acres of land some hard woods others for farming

Both Andy and Elisha graduated from Clarkson and work as engineers for Corning Glass

20 Miles of Tubing

4 tanks collect the sap

20 miles of black piping carries sap back to tanks

This pump house pulls the sap from the trees to the tank and helps to pull more sap out of the trees. Black piping like the stuff seen above runs throughout the woods

Boiling Room

Samples Since 1997 the

Hurlbut’s have samples of everytime they have boiled syrup up to today

The barrels below are where the syrup gets stored after it gets boiled down

The large tank to the right of the barrels is where milk used to get stored

The Hurlbut’s don’t have any cows any more, they just grow crops to sell off and produce maple syrup

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Syrup season starts around February and length of the season varies per year

During season 2000-4000 gallons of sap gets boiled down per day

50 gallons is an average day

200 gallons is a great day

The sap gets heated in compartments similar to this one

Once the sap gets to certain consistencies it is advanced into other compartments and finally to the final bottling tank

The finished product is sold off to SLU and restaurants

Very little is bottled and sold in gallon jugs

Andy and Elisha were married in this barn which is mostly used to store hay

They have many barns not just used for hay storage but also to keep horses and their farm equipment

As the amount of farms became less and the amount of farming needed to earn a living increased machinery grew immensely

This tractor is the Hurlbutt’s newest and costs about 600-700 dollars per day to run

It eats up about 250 gallons of gas in one day

Corn and hay are their two largest crops

Both Andy and Elisha work full time jobs and also run a large farm

They do however find time to enjoy some flying in their plane stored in the hanger above