Posted on 05/12/2012 8:09:08 PM PDT by Morgana
LEWIS COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Five people have been arrested after sheriff's deputies say they stole bark from elm trees. Lewis County Sheriff's deputies the suspects stole 300 pounds of elm tree bark from private property on Little Cabin Creek.
The bark is in high demand, especially in the herbal market. The bark is selling for $3.00 a pound. The bark is used as a soothing agent for cougs, gastrointestinal ailments, and skin irritations.
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The bark falls off by itself!!
I do believe that if you check you’ll find the culprits to be inner city Amish! Bye the way, I have a Hemlock tree in my back alley they are welcome to skin the bark for their tea supply.
My English teacher would have marked 'repetitious' in red ink.
Perhaps:
Selling for $3.00 a pound, elm bark is in high demand in the herbal market where it is used as a soothing agent for coughs, gastrointestinal ailments, and skin irritations.
When I was little my family’s home town, Odebolt, Iowa, had elm trees that lined all the roads leading into town. It was really beautiful. Dutch elm disease got ‘em all. They were never replaced, and it was never the same.
But, some American elms have survived, and they’re coming back in the woods in Iowa.
And even some in town made it. I’m looking at a huge one in my back yard right now, in fact.
I recall Eagle Grove, Iowa, in Wright County. It’s main east-west street was lined with huge elms big enough to completely canopy the wide street. None of those elms remain.
Yep. It’s sad.
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