Bird-B-Gone Gives Back

Today we traveled south to Buchanan , my boyhood home. About a 4hr drive on TERRIBLE roads. We passed thru the old Firestone Rubber plantation. At one time the most productive latex sources in the world. This picture is a rubber tree. Notice the diagonal cut grooves on the trunk. The latex oozes down the grooves into a small bucket. It is collected , processed and eventually ends up as tires on your car.

The Road to Buchanan