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Show America f Only Robber Plant Growt in Texae - A LPT NTS. Texas, July M By A. p.l The only rubber-producing plant known to grow uncultivated unculti-vated In North America, .is foand In the Big Bend country of both Texas and Mexico, along the border, bor-der, and tha only factory In taa United States equipped to m rubber from tha raw latax la In Brewster county. Texaa A factory fac-tory waa established at Marathon about fifteen years ago, but for tha past several years bas been Idle. .... The -plant . from which rubber may be made la tits Ouayule, and grows abundantly In thla section of the country. Large quantities have been destroyed by prairie fires and neglect. buV much continues con-tinues to grow without attention. Apparently It will thrive In rocky j barren soil where nothing else will spfout. . I The Ouayule . haa no reeen blance to tha rubber trees awu plants of tropical countries. It i grows In the form of a small bush or shrub and whsn mature la about four feet high, resembling- allghtly tha Texaa greaee-wood greaee-wood bush. Ita leavee are small, tough looking, and have a slight similarity to those ef other rubber-producing plants. The milky juice, known aa latax. la-tax. from which the rubber la made. Is In a layer under the bark or skin ef the shrub, extending ex-tending from the root to ths top-moat top-moat branch. Tha la tea Is separate sep-arate and distinct from the sap of tha Ouayule. .-which flows through tha plant. I The method of extracting the latax dlffera from that uaed In tropical countries where the trees ara Lapped, and the Juice ooses out I The fluid Is pressed from ths entire Ouayule plant. J |