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The Musical and Agricultural Heritage of Eric Campbell
Location: Farm of Eric and Evelyn Campbell

 
Cleanout; the thresher exhaust had become clogged, so the chaff was not exiting
19 of 102 		Eric confers with a crew member at the threshing bee
20 of 102 		The Sawyer-Massey portable steam engine, with Dave Strong, engineer.
21 of 102 		The scene at the Steam-Powered Threshing Bee
22 of 102 		Eric Campbell and his beloved Sawyer-Massey steam traction engine
23 of 102 		The water wagon, hitched to the Sawyer-Massey steam traction engine
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Eric Campbell relaxes atop a steam engine after the Steam-Powered Threshing Bee
25 of 102 		A sap pail, hung to catch the dripping maple sap
26 of 102 		Eric gathers the maple sap in buckets which are poured into the tank on this wagon.
27 of 102 		Eric checks the boiling sap as it nears the syrup stage
28 of 102 		Eric shows a visitor the final stage of boiling maple sap to syrup
29 of 102 		The Case dozer and sap wagon
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Eric before a wall of vapor, rising from the maple sap as it boils to syrup
31 of 102 		the sugar shack, with maple vapor escaping into the cool spring air
32 of 102 		Friends and visitors to the Campbell maple sugar cabin
33 of 102 		Friends gather in the shack to await the sap boiling to syrup
34 of 102 		The hygrometer is used to tell exactly when the syrup is ready, by specific gravity
35 of 102 		Eric Campbell rests in the spring sun, outside the sugar shack
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