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Above the cup a woodsman would use a hack to cut a face into the pine tree. That means he scored the bark, causing the resin to flow. Every time they made a new cut, more gum flowed into the cup. |
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Look! Heres an old pine tree with a series of cuts, each one higher than the last. That pattern is called a cat face.
Tiffany: Like cat whiskers! Why were they collecting the gum?
Wanda: Did people make syrup from it?
Bill: No, they made syrup from sugar cane juice. At a turpentine still they distilled the gum to make turpentine.
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