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Show Tho D'tel nnif llhli SUj-fier Hms tellshowtotanaslieekln. Aa sion aa the skin Is rt moved from tho car-tasa car-tasa srread It out smoothly 11 1 the ground, hair side down; rub In a mixture mix-ture of powdered alum aud table salt. The mixture ahould i-onslst of one-third one-third nlum and ttvo-thlrda salt. After a thorough rubbing, sprinkle mixture over Iho skill to the depth nf a quarter of an Inth, then fold the skin up carefully Aid pit In a itllar cfeomo ijleratly damp late where It should remain for ten or twclvodays. At Hie end or this time take It out, and while midst stretch It tightly to an old door or tabloof boards, being carefii! to tack It at every point and cornet; now glee It a bard rubbing with cornmeal for half au hour dally for four or five days, tf cornintal cannot be procured uie perfectly dry rand, but lie very careful to sill It so that only the llnest may be used oil the tklu. Hy this rubbing the sklu Is made as sort as wished, the more It Is rubbe I Ihe softer will It become. |
