the bls is set to publish inflation data and us inflation rates for september 2015 and through to the latest annual period on october 15 2015 at 8 30 am et below is a graph showing inflation rates during each of the last ten years and the latest rate for 2014 based on the most recent 12 month period availableelow is a graph showing inflation rates during each of the last ten years and the latest rate for 2014 based on the most recent 12 month period available
How to Tap and Make Maple Syrup What Trees Can be Tapped Maple syrup can be made from any species of maple tree. Trees that can be tapped include: sugar, black, red and silver maple and box elder trees. Of all the maples, the highest concentration of sugar is found in the sap of the sugar maple. Generally the ratio of sap to syrup for the sugar maple is 40 to 1 (40 gallons of sap yields one gallon of syrup).
You also need a 5 gallon bucket to collect the sap with and a large volume pan to cook down the sap with and a pan like a 9 x 13 or larger cake pan to do the final cooking. Any kind of maple tree can be used. My husband is thinking about tapping our red maple this year. I forgot to mention about sap/syrup ratio: with a sugar maple tree, the ratio is 32 gallons to 1 which means you need 32 gallons of sap to cook 1 gallon of syrup. If you use other maple trees, the ratio gets higher, more sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. After you cook it down and have strained it through many layers of cheesecloth, you don't have anything else to do.