The Rural Voice, 1987-09, Page 144FINANCIAL CENTRE
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AROUND GREY
MAPLE SYRUP
ASSOCIATION
The Grey Bruce Maple Syrup Asso-
ciation is one of 11 regions in Ontario
promoting maple syrup.
The 40 members of the association
represent about one-third of the total
producers in the Grey -Bruce area.
While the average Grey -Bruce pro-
ducer has 300 to 400 taps, the numbers
range from 15 taps in the backyard to
one member who has 7,000 taps.
Chairman Bob Lesperance recently
expanded to 2,300 trees in his 35 -acre
maple bush. He also milks 30 cows, and
estimates that 25 per cent of his income
is derived from the sale of maple prod-
ucts on his farm near Allenford.
Producers have experienced two
very poor years, this year and last, when
there was very little sap running. "If you
don't get those frosty nights and warm
days, you don't get the sap," Lesperance
notes. "Prices are high now because
there is no syrup around."
Lesperance has built his lucrative
farm -gate business up to 300 gallons
and sells the rest in 25 -gallon barrels to
a processor who breaks it down into
smaller packages for the gift -shop
trade.0
FORESTRY
About one-third of the land base of
Grey and Bruce counties is forested
with high quality hardwoods. To-
day, more than 3,000 jobs in the area
are in lumbering and wood manu-
facturing. About 1,000 acres are re-
forested annually.