The
Dix Family Sugar House
5195 Rte 100
The
Dix family sugar house located on Route 100, is a modern family
run
sugar operation. The family started sugaring in 1973, the original
house has been turned into a storage building when the current
sugar
house was built in 1990. The Dix's have about 1000 taps (350 on pipeline
and the remainder with buckets). The buckets are collected using
a
sled pulled by a tractor or small dozer. The sap is transferred from
the various sugar lots to the sugar house by truck where it is
boiled
on a 40 inch by 12 foot lightening raised flue wood fired evaporator
with a force draft blower.
Stop
by the Dix Family sugarhouse to enjoy some family treats (homemade
maple ice-cream & Granny's donuts) along with plenty of samples
of hot maple syrup.
