The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23
1NDlA.RUBBER, OR cAoUTcHoUc.

INDlA.RUBBER, OR CAOUTCdOUC.
Suppose that WE take a walk in this
forest, children. True, u is n grove al
the Amaz ns il South America. but scmt
one has surely been here before. for here
is a path fr,m fret- IT, tree il is called an
"india- bhrr path, Qld these trees are
the famous india rubber trees Let us. see
how he stuff is obtained. First thu
path IS made, then the trees arc scraped
free from all mnsge, and creepers, so that
the milky juice, which is the india rubber
may How OUT free from any foreign sub.
stance With little AK, made on pur
pose n the United STATES, the man whose
business II is 90 about and cnts the
tee, beginning 1T the highest point thai
be can reach, and riking from below
upward. This requires what the B az
ians call lucky hand for the AK should
not pass INTO the wool, neither saonid il
go quire through the bark Under the
opening thus nude, and close 10 It, is II
SIN Ill b ,sln, fast nei there with clay. into
which he mllK fl rvs 1t is OF ~ use t.
tap trees on Il wet Law, for the dampnes>
thlck@ns tbe milk too much
On Mon lay. a man cuts the tree rs high
As he can reach; on Tuesday he Sits 1t IA
foot lower 'wn, aud so on until s ,tur-
day. whrn he has only about foot LETT To
After tho trees are tapped (the one nj
the father nd ut he path is tlwavS at
ten led tn fi'st), and Jhe little hasins--~
each aprut he SIZE of tumbier-madt
fast, lie lndIp rubber gathere, goes home
to MS breakfast That over, he goes uus
with a pail 10 collect the IN Tx. After
that, h. has to make the india rubber
This he does by building sRlal! wm 81
trc, which ne Ike i>> well fed WITH palm
nu :, ant near y covered with al earthen
pan, winch has IN opening or Chimney
at the top and bottom, through which
the SIN Ike issues. This smoke one can
both see an inilLle II "iong WY off
mold or form, round or fl It hike a spade
OF an oar ii ,dc, is then dipped into thu
milk. 1t IS held moment 10 drip over
the pm, and III pul ino the smoke and
urn.l quickly t for abou twenty
sec" nds. Ti,s smoking sefo the mix IN
to ii tbin layer # ind a rubber, aud the
dipping AMI smoking is repeated untli
the mix is used up. 1t is then lett un
thC form for about twenty hours. The
edge is then cut, and 1t is put into the
sun to dry; at first il is of il creamy color,
but gradually becomes lire dark hue W.
are accustomed to see
This india rubber is of the firs quality
An inferior article, called " half tne,' Is
made by getting tuge'hr scraps tsat have
dried upon the trees, IN he basins, and
the pail hose are coated with three or
four layers of smoked milk, by which
they are held togethor 1t is sold for
about one fourth OF he price of the fue
rubber. In the provinces of Para and
the AmaZnns, from June to D, c,nibpr, IL
the regular season for the work. lfa
hlan makes six cen pounds of india rubber
day, it is G. nSidcIed good work
Indm-rubbcr is produced IN other
countries beside u b America. One Of
the nobles' fnest-trrcs Of ASIA HE Ficn>
etrAt'ra) yields INDIA rubber, or ca"nt
ch"uc, though not rs good II kind as thar
produced by the American rrt.s
Gutta-prrcha, from which great num-
ber> nt useful and fancy articles are mad, |
is different from caOutrhouc, though slm.-
lar IN IA lew q is properties S.m ac-
C0unf Of it wi be given IN "a future num-
ber of HeGrth aud Home. Meantime, our
DoVs ana girls may examine AT their leis-
these pictured branches Of the TWO trees
One vttldlng india rubber, the other
gutta-percha The wood of the gulta
ptrcha tree (the IsO1tdndrG guttl) is very
soft and spongy, with Irregular llnea
upon its surface. These are filed with
gum and appear black % contrast with
the pale color of The wood The flowers
are small and white, If you examine the
two pictures clos4y, you viii see marked
dltt' rencts between the two plants
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