THE LEATHER SCARCITY
UTILISATION OF DEER AISTD GOAT SKINS SUGGESTED. . By TelcsraDh—Press Association. Dunedin, October 2. ' Acting on the suggestion of a manlier, tlib Otago Acclimatisation Society, in Tieir of the scarcity of leather, has decided to have six. red deer shot, and the skins treated commercially, as an experiment. The deer will be taken from tne Hawea foreet. ' Nelson, October 2. With reference to treating red deer skins for leather, Mr. P. Greenslade, a local tanner in a larpfe way of bnstaese, GUggests that the better plan would be to treat goat skins, thousands of yhcll are procurable. These w>uld make far more useful leather than deer elans. Hβ also asks why all pig skins should not be utilised. _______ '
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 7, 3 October 1917, Page 4
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120THE LEATHER SCARCITY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 7, 3 October 1917, Page 4
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