Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-23
TURPENTINE
AN EXTENSIVE INDUSTRY IN CERTAIN
soUTHERN STATES

How the Trees Ars Tapped and the Rec
tr,p, Gum Gathered Departments and
p,,,.,oD, In .ne work An Under the
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Dialect writos end o fruitful hold
ruong tho "Tnr Heels" of the Car1iiuas.
Alabama and Gaorria. In tho cool
~ ,I,, tpr,..,iips ,vrl,ls with the
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with tho over Nlil'AhI 'lN'' "l'''
ing everything IS ph1.. ih fQntA.tn
lifo which bias long boon emo delight OF
authors nudtho pleasure OF artists Ih'
crudity of Ono implements ANA mo ''''''
used iu making tulp'hNno nnA l.a'"
lend additional into. 70 i3 tNi' org IA'
duHilv. nu1 thH gyrfuho haNiis oI tu'
turpuiIuo mlA.s ada 10 thvif ilff.I'
illitcrato charms
TutrguiInois ihe distilled gum or tho
Pine trcD oi North and south carolina
Alabama Georgia anh par. vi lI4HuA
The season D gins whm iho ht. srfinf
sop risU and Drdl whan cold weather
checks tho low oi Cine tfn's blood ln
January or February tho 'ha'ke'.
with h1 Ircn b.ai'l 1A, b'f.hi llo
round which ends W.'h ihn t'a 'h no
81 thooEr.ft ct tH"W..Il anl lu1N' ili
trees and lust bow much h'ohlnf iH.y
will stand hii n.E d. Co cut gao
"bogls' Doc which t1o thick SUM OK ihn
wounded tr0H Will collect Dos 80
wldu iugHiun about 0lN inches u..n
wCdgo shaped cui in th' tfp'. nnd hp
hacks from go 20 100 t1A" % day Tho
iiut bozC nro cue u0lr tno roots oi th'
tree and they urn gut 1 clo.' together
20 tho height az % man head a' can Do
don0 without killing tho Pine Tho
hacker leaves o. width OF lnt., bgiwc'n
each hos TO us 90 preserve lhoviinii'yoi
tho iroo Whom tho trees are l.as.i 90
the turpgutno makcu, tho terms OF 'h'
lease limi. the number OK boxes 90 each
tree but whom it b desired 60 work 'ha
Pine Go tho fullest oEtcnt thu glhH ego
carried up 90 heiEhtot go io.to-more
After tho hacker cumu thn W'n who
"coWgu' tho boxes This "cuuDr' 81
q cut SO Che tUp OF tho boa 90 guido thn
zap into the cavities lait Cor tho gum,
and tho man VINO 'Wuthi' ono 'ciop
goes systematically from box 20 hlA'
starting the cop nnuW with fresh iHci'
uions, working in tl'a way 10000 boxes
during tho season Tho zap or gam iil.l
Tho boxes with O. clo1r sticky thiaG
huid, ANA tiil Is removed by tAo dip
per scattered through t.u woods arn
barrels ia which tHo 'dippor. deposits
the gum which Us thun hnalgI t1 thn
ttilL Aboutaquaft OF sap ia taken from
each box by mems on thr fowol shaped
scoop used ~ tho upper hhd lneh iho
hnckor Gomez along ana starts thu low
aire'h by "ounoins tho trg9 again. iao
turrenuno maittrwaieNcs hi' men el9io'
ly' Ton tho Tar lleol' 'io an easy going
lH1plo anu require Go Do urged uy tho
rider who goo through ihn WOODS ON
horseback examining tho crop hurryinB
tho dippcia and hnoNrrH ana hgnding tho
harrtlod Eum 20 the still
Tho iirat or virgin sap which i0w8
IN tho spring makes Tho bct fusin, and
the poorest d. tho rroauetuf tho hardyn'
ed gum which 80 lgit ON tho sides OF tho
boNei whom tho sap turns down M
tho fall This Is removed by Tho
"tcrapgr who moves through tho
woods with hia fcrapiug tool, gathering
tho leAviugt
Tho sin So o. largo copper vat hooded
with % close httug cuygr in which BIS %
funnel which in turn ls connected with
tho worn" of Tho atIlL This worm
runs down into uuu'Hur vat near nt
hand. and Boo this VAT InU fumes or VNuur