Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-11-16
MAC!
I WILL Buy ANY AMOUNT OF SuMAo THAT
Is PROPERLY GATHERED AND CURED, AND
PAY CASH FOR IT!
According to Quality, as follows-deliv

PAY CASH FOR IL b!
According to Quality, as folloWs-deliv
ed at my
| SUMAC s BARK MILLS, WINCHESTER.
DIRECTIONS-The sumac should be taken
while the sap is still in tie lea i-say as gen.
| eral thing, during July, August and September
| and not after it has tn NED much red, and in
| no case after it has begun to dry up and dead
! en- nor after the least frost.
The red berries should ali be thrown out.
| The He or black sunlac, as it is called, is as
| good as any.
1t may be wilted in the sun, but must be cured
under cover, and not alloved to be burnt by
| the sun or get wet, or be in such large quanti-
ties as to heat in cur ing-any of which destroys
| its color and Strength and renders it yaiGeess.
| 1t should not be thrown on tight hO0r TO cure,
| but raised up to let the air get under it;
| and by shelving loosely, much surface can be oe
| tanned in small space, and the Sumae will
cure faster. All sumac should be gathered at
leas tone month before 1t is sufficiently cured to
| be brough in for sale, and in bad weather even
| a longer time may be required to properly dry
| it; for not only the leaf but the stem too, mus
! be thorougl y dry; all the sap must be dried out
| 0 that it will snap shor off, like a clay pipe
| STEM or it cannot be received, for it Will heat
| and spoil h is must be trictly observed.
! However long Su1nac may be taken or who
| ever dry it may be, it will dla the dampness
from the atmosphere in damp time, ana must
|
| We cannot receive Sumac when damp any more
| than when green. 1t must be dry.
Sumac should have the same green, bright
! color and fresh appearance when cured as when
| taken from the bush, and must not be bleac ed,
nor look dark and dead, nor smell musty 1t
IS iu ST as important to have your sUmac gat ar
| cd at proper time and in good condition wi l.
brought to market as any thing else. II sax
or dill t ofany kind, or any other kind ofleaV
| are found among it, it will not be boughtatIe
| ats II. and by mixing bad with coed
| spoil all.
| The leaf is what is wanted, but to facilitsi.
| the gathering of it you strip of the blades
that is, take the little tWigs upon which the
leaves grow, all Of which viii be bought wha2
properly cured, according to the above diress
ions, and
ONE-DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
per one hundred pounds will be paid for it il
this condition. VI e prefer sumac stripped OF
or hladed as above but VIII buy threshed
mac and pay for it accordingly as it is cleaned
provided, it ha the greater part of the stem ia
ken GU and is moi made so fine as to prevent The
separation o ;what stem remains, and 50 entire
ly destroy the formation the leaf, as to pre-
vent the detection o. adu alteration. So do moi
cut it up, or make it too fine in any way.
The stripping of the leaves is apt to kill the
sumac, and when the stalk dies the roots con-
nected with it die lso; but if you W i'll cut the
old stalk down or break up the ground so as to
cut and separate the roots, the sumac Will
sprout up better than ever.
When your sumac is a II ready for delivery,
bags WILDE furnished fer bringing it il; but
they must be we Il fl He'd and promptly returned
with care, Apply for bags to the stores, or
Factory on Bradde OK street, above the Run.
I WILL ALSO BUY BLACK OAK BARK
That is properly taken and cured, and Day
CASH for it at the rate OF SIX Dollars per c 10
delivered my Sumac and Bark Mills, u IN
chester, Va.
DIREorIoNs.- Commence peeling the bark Is
soon as the sap starts in the spring, and IN Ia =
ing it peel as much of the tree as posslpie
even the large imbs-for the young, tenss
bark is the best.
After it ispee led it must be piled up looSeiy'
as to ali CIV the air TO lass ifeeiy iinou
and per 1eety dry il. he outer OF ioegh
must lways he hert up, in oideI to Ilo'eet
inner ieshy siee .m u ,ae l, Tt@'he e-bs
not allow ed to mould or get wet, Which iaI
its COLOR 1,nru
Junels-emo WIssHRsrER, Va