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Show WELCOME SOURCE OF PIN MONEY IN SUMACH Many Tons of It Allowed to Go to' Waste Each Year. Plcnt Can De Gathered and Cured Any Time During Summer and Mar keted Whenever Convenient-Bonus Convenient-Bonus Given for Leaves. The demand by manurncturers ror American sumac this season totals NX) to 700 carloads, or fruni 0,000 to 7,000 tons, according to Information recehed by the United States depart ment of agriculture. The price ranges around 1 a hundred pounds for sumac delivered at tho shipping point or ut tho extract factory. 4 Country people should find n-ready, market this your for nil tho sumac they can gather. Helng n wild plant, sumac costs nothing to raise, nnd tho mnny tons of it allowed to remain un-gathered un-gathered each year can bo readily turned Into profit. Tho sumnc season lasts about three months. Unlike berry and other crops, sumac does not have to bo harvested all at once It can bo gathered and cured from time to time throughout the summer Mm! marketed when largo enough quantities quanti-ties hnve been collected. In ndditlou to offering higher prices this year, several manufacturers nre willing to pay bonuses for sulllcleut quantities of clean, bright, well-cured sumnc leaves, containing not more than 10 per cent of stalk. IJy properly proper-ly gathering and curing the sumac, the gatherer can make more money and will help to establish more llrmly the domestic sunuio'- Industry, which through development and expnnslon should provide a welcome source of Income nnd employment In normal times. Outlier only tho black or dwarf sumac, which can bo easily distinguished distin-guished from the other varieties by the peculiar wing growth along the leaf stems nnd by the brittle, black-Bpecked black-Bpecked stalk. In some sections the white sumac Is also gathered, but It generally brings n lower price, as nil nmnufneturers prercr the black variety. va-riety. Harvest during July, August ind September. Ilrenk the sumnc stnlk off close up to the leaves Just under Iho lowest lenr stem, or, better yet, Bather only tho leaves nnd lenr stems. Do not collect long bnros.tnlks, ns this iroduces low-grade, low-priced sumnc. "ircd sumnc ready for market should contain very llttio stalk, never over 2.r ;er cent. If a good hit of stnlk has teen gnthered. with the sumac It can e cnslly removed by flnlllng and forking fork-ing out nfter the suninc has been :nrcd nnd Is rendy for bagging. Do ' lot gnther red or yellow leaves, or ' lorries nnd bloom, Tho bloom will 1 11I11 good sumnc. As soon ns the iiimnc hns been gnthered, plnco It In he shade or under cover, .exposure 1 o the sum for nn hour or two mny do ( 10 harm, but tho pulled sumnc should 1 lever he left all day In the sun. ns It , vlll quickly scald nnd be ruined In , olnr. Never let the gnthered 01 , tired sumac become wet from either , lew or rain. At the end of the day's , lathering, haul or carry the sumnc'to , barn or cover. Spread It on n clean loor or on sneks In layers not over feet deep and turn It once or twice , day until thoroughly dry nnd crisp |