Maple Syrup in Illinois

I visited Funk's Grove today to try some of their Maple Sirup (Original Spelling by Webster).

  

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They were Collecting maple sap and using pipe to move it instead of  using the hand labor of buckets

Pipes flow by gravity to a pump station

The pumps move the sap to collection tanks

Some sap is still collected in traditional buckets

Sap is processed in this building on the farm and syrup is sold retail directly to consumers.