To Tan Skins with Far On.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2033, 18 July 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)

To Tan Skins with Far On.

In^lihi ia frtqueutly inada for the be»t recipe fur tunning the skins of animals without injury to the fur. Isaac H. Bailey, and be is an authority in such matters, publishes the following formulas for nccornplisfaiac; this in his Shoe and Leather R' porter : Ta'>e two parts each of alum and salt, and one of i-alt peter, all well pulverized. Clear the flesh of f\tty matter. Sprinkle it white with t>w mixture. Fold in edges and roll up; remain four days, then wash with clean water, find ohm with soap and water. Pull the skin when (iryinc, to make it eoft. Anotner recipe is : Lay the wet akin on a' emooth skb or a hard board ; scrape with a dull kiiife until ull loose £esh and film in remoTP'l; then wa^h off in noft water. Take a f.ip.H or stone jar, put in an ounce of oil of vitnol and a gallon of rain or river water. Lv-t it steep in this for about half an hour. Take it out, work it with the hauda until dry, when it wwl 1 c pliable and soft. The more woikfnl the softer. Use no grcaao.