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Show Money Made Selling Sumac. Sumac, which grows abundantly in certain sections of the United States, may be gathered and sold profitably to tanners and dye manufacturers, say the specialists of the bureau of chemistry, United States department of agriculture. The price of, sumac has increased in recent years because of the decrease in importations of this plant from Sicily. The American sumac, if properly gathered and cured, is equal to the imported article. In certain sections of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia good wages can be made, the department depart-ment says, by gathering and selling sumac during July, August and September. Sep-tember. Arrangements for the sale of the sumac should be made before It is gathered. |