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day; it's all accordin to price received fer the turpentine
on the market. Some of my mens, dip by the thousand, they
get 90¢ a thousand. The good ones averages 1500 a day.

"The turpentine is brought from the woods in barrels.
After it reaches the still, it's loaded on the platform you
sees over yonder, and dumped into the still under heat. Do
ya see thet pipe running into the vat? Well, this is run off
into the barrels; we don't wast nothin. After hit run into
the barrel, it gits hard. The barrels holds 5-15 and 5-20 and he told
me: "Green barrels weigh from 40 to 50 pounds, and after
this weight has been deducted from full barrels, then they
will run from 450 to 500 pounds of turpentine. We kin go
over there to the still after I eats and take a look at hit.
Wanna?" I admitted that I would be only too glad to go. Then
he and Lula retired indoors for their noon meal. They invited
me to join them, but I declined.

Later I asked Rich what foodstuffs he favored most. He
told me he preferred meat and vegetables, and added that there
was plenty of wild game in the vicinity which he obtained
while riding the woods.

When he returned form his meal, we walked the few yards
down the settlement road to the turpentine still. It was
located near the main highway. Nearby were numbers of gal-
vanized barrels used for shipping the turpentine. The still
was substantially built, having a large kiln and condensing.

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