Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10
SUM ACi

IS PROPERLY GATHERED AND CURED AND
PAY CASH FOR IT.!
According to Quality, as follows-delivt
ed at my
SUMAC s BARK MILLS, WINCHESTER.
DIRECTIONS-Th sumac should be taken
while the sap is still in tie lea f-say as a gen.
eral thing, during July, August and September
and not after it has TUNED much red. and i'm
no case fter it has begun to dry up and dead
en- nor after the least frost.
Thered berries should all be thrown ont.
The He OF black snmae, as it is called, is as
good as any.
1t may be wited in the sun, but must DO cured
under cover, and not allowed to be burnt by
the sun or get wet, or be in such large quanti-
ties as to heat in curing-any ofwhich destroys
it's color and Strength and renders it valueless.
1t should no be thrown on tight floor 10 cure,
but raised up so as to let the air get under it;
and by shelving loosely, much surface can be oS
tanned in a small space, and the Sumac will
cure faster. All sumac should be gathered at
eas one month before it is sufficiently cured to
be brough t in for sale, and in bad weather even
a longer time nay be required to properly dry
it; for not only the leaf, but the stem too, must
be thoroug ly dry; all the sap must be dried out
. that it will snap short Off like a clay pipe
stem, or it cannot be received, for it " ill heat
and spoil-th is must be strictly observed.
However long Sumac may be taken or who-
ever dry it may be, it will draw the dampness
from the atmosphere in damp time, and must
not be packed until per fectly dried out again.
We cannot receive Sanrac when damp any more
than when green. 1t must be dry.
Sumac should have the green, bright
color and fresh appearance when cured as when
taken from the bush, and must no be bleached,
nor look dark and dead, nor smell musty. IL
is in st as important to have your surnac gather
cd at proper time and in good condition whers
brought to market as any thing else. If sand
or d il fanny kind, or any othe kind ofleayes,
are found among it, it will not be bought at any :
price at all, and by mixing bad with coed YOU
spoil all.
the gathering of it you can strip of the blades.
that is take the title twigs upon which the
leaves grow, all Of which Will be bought when
properly cured, according to the above diree-
lions, and
oNEDOLLAR And TWENTY-FIvE CENTS
per one hundred pounds will be paid for it in
this condition. We prefer sumac stripped OF
or bladed as above hut viii buy threshed
mac and pay for it according y as it is cleaned;
provided, it ha the greater part OF the stem ia
ken out and is not made so fine as to prevent the
separa ton fwhat stem remains, and so entire
ly destroy the form alton tthe leaf, as to pre-
vent the detection o f adu iteration. So do not
cut it up, or make it too fine in any way.
The stripping of the leaves is apt to XIII the
sumac, and when the stalk dies the roots con-
nected with it die also; but ii you;wi III cut the
0iu Sta ik CONu OF DtttA INC ~ a. "
Gu and separate the roots, the suinac will
sprout up better than ever. as5e1
When your sumac is a Il ready for delivery,
bags vii be furnished fer bringing it in; but
they must be we'll filed and promptly returned
with care, Apply fol bags to the stores, or
Factory on Braddcck street, ABOVE the Run.
l WILL ALSO BUY BLACK OAK BARK
That is properly taken and cured, and pay
CASH for it at the rate of Six Dollars per cold
delivered atmy SuInac and Bark Mills, VIM
ches ter, We.
DInKorioNs.- Commence peeling the bark as
soon as the sap starts in the spring, and in TAX
ing it peel as much of the tree as possible
even the large limbs-tor the young, tencer
bark is the best.
After it is peeled it must be piled ploosely, so
as to allow the air to pass freely through 1t,
and perfectly dryit. The outer OF rough side
must always be kept up, in order to protect the
inner o r heshy side from the weather-which
being the part used, must be kept bright and
not allowed to lnoalG or get wet, hich in; ures'
its color.
June7S-6mo. WINCHESTER, VA,