Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-07-06
SUMAC!

WILL Buy ANY AMOUNT OF SUMAc THAT
is PROPERLY GATHERED AND CURED, AND
PAY CASH FOR Ip
According to Quality, as follows-delw
ed at my
SUMAC & BARK MILLS, WINCHESTER.
DlRECTlONS.-1he sumac should be taken
viii the sap is still in Il e lea f-say as a gen
eral thing, during Jaly, August and September
and not after it has turned much red. and i'm
no after it has begun to dry up and dead
en- after the least frost.
The red berries should all be thrown out.
The He or black sunac, as it is called is as
good any.
1t may be wited in the sun, but must be cured
under cover, and not allowed to be burnt bv
the sun OF get wet, or be in such large ouanti-
ties as to heat in curing-any of which DESTROYS
its color and Strength and renders it Yaluelese
1t should not be thrown on tight floor TO cure
but raised up so as to let the air get under it;
and by shelving loosely, much surface can be Oh.
tanned in a small pace, and the Sumac viii
faster II sumac should be gathered at.
eas tone month before 1T is sufficiently cured ftot
be brough in for sale, and in bad weather even
longer time may be required to proper ly dry
it; for not only the leaf, but the stem too, must
be thOrOug ~ dry; all the sap must be dried out
that it will snap short Off like a clay Pipe
stem, or it cannot be received, fer it ill heat
and spoil-th ismust be strictly observed.
However long Sumac may be taken or who
ever dry it may be, it n i'll dlaw the danpness
from the atmosphere in damp time, ana must
not be packed until per fectly dried out again
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 no be bleached
nor look dark and dead, nor SINE IL musty IT
IS ju st as important to have your sumac gather
cd at proper time and in good condition when
brough to market any thing else. If sand
or din fanny kind, or any othe r kind ofleaves,
are found among it, it will not be bought at any
price at all and by mixing bad with good you
spoil all.
The leaf is wha is wanted bat to facilitate
the gathering o 1t you can strip of the blades
that is, take the little twigs upon which the
leaves grow, all Of which will be bought when
properly cured according to the above diree-
tionsy and
oNE.DOLLAR AND TW ENTY- FIVE CENTS
per one hundred pounds will be paid for it in
this condition. w pref sumac stripped off
or bladed above but will buy ihreshed su-
rac and pay for it according y as it is cleaned;
provided, it has the greater part OF the stem ia
ken GU and is not made so fine as to prevent the
separation o iwhat stem remains, and so entire
w destroy the form alton o tthe leaf, as to pre-
vent the detection of adu Iteration. So do not
cut it up, or make il TOO fine in any way.
The stripping of the leaves is apt to kill the
sumac, and when the stalk dies theg roots con-
nected with it die a lso /; but If you Will cut the
old stalk down or break up the ground so as to
cut and separate the DTS, the sumac will
sprout up better than ever.
When YOUR sumac is lkready for delivery
bags will ibe furnished for bringing it In but
they must be well lied and promptly returned
" it'll care. Apply for bags to the stores, CT
Factory on Braddcek street, above the Run.
/ WILL ALSO BUY BLACK OAK BARK
That is properly taken and cured, and pay
CASH for it at the rate Of Six Dollars pr cord
delivered wtmy S~nac and Bark Mills, Vim
chester, Va.
DRRerIoNs.- 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
wen the large limbs-for the young, tender
bark is the best
After it is peeled it must be piled uploosely, so
rs to allow the air to pass freely through it,
and perfectly dryii. The outer or rough side
must always be kept up, in order to protect the
inner o tieshy side from the weather--whichi
being the part used, mu st be kept bright and
not allowed 10 mould or get wet, which Injuries
its color.
GERMAN SMITH.
June1S-6mo WINCHESTER, Va.