Spruce Gum 205 



of the men finds a pound or two on a single tree. 

 It is sold in a near-by city, where two and three 

 dollars a pound is paid for gum fresh from the 

 woods. 



This gum is shipped to a factory, where it is' 

 cleaned. The dirt and small pieces of bark are 

 removed by machinery. It is then ready to be 

 sold again, cleaner perhaps, but surely no better 

 than when it was found on the bark of some old 

 tree in the forest. 



