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Mossing With Mosser Labor Drives Jackson County Moss Industry
In Jackson County’s vast forestland, mossers begin early daily to harvest sphagnum moss from marshes. The crop, valued for absorbency, supports 600 to 1,000 bales per acre and sustains a multi million dollar business with distributors from Maine to California.
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