Show To Lessen essen Huge Waste Vaste in Hides t V y Dealers Tanners and Farmers Farmel's Farm Farm- ers els Lose by y Careless Carelessness ess Prepared by o tho o United States Department of ot Agriculture Nee Needless Needles losses loss's in the total annual value of hides bides and skins arc are estimated at nt approximately as ns th the result e of careless or or wasteful methods In curing hides es and skinning animals To 10 avoidable leaks in their business which have t reached such such- alarming figures representatives s of f the hide dealers tanners b butchers cattle raisers dairymen men and farmers met several months ago with officials of the Department of ot Agriculture and th the Department of Commerce and lind formulated formulated formulated for for- a n. n program of work for tor th the production of better belter tildes hides and skins Committees Set Up As s a n result of ot tills this conference n fl number of ot working ng committees were s set set up with a n personnel selected from tram ni members mhers of ot the government depart depart- departments departments ments and of the Interested Industries to co cover er the Important phases In the pr production of hides S' S and skins such as fiS as' as Classification and grading of hides and skins skinning and curing pr practices grub eradication mun manges es and other diseases brands and other phys physical cal Injuries and ancl statistics on pro pro- The rhe work on skinning and curing which Is being conducted J b by the bureau bureau bu bu bureau reau of chemistry and soils of the Dep Department Dept De De- p pt of Agriculture has for Its principal object the correction of of careless careless care care- less and wasteful practices that cause cause such defects as ns cuts sores rot lo loose loose- sc- sc g grain and poor pOOl fiber I m Information is collected from flom butchers butch butch- butchers II ers IS hide dealers denler and tanners tanners usually by personal Interview v. and observations observations on on the wa ways s 's In which they handie handle handle han han- dle die hides and skins through the skinning skinning skinning skin skin- ning and cm curing Ing operations operations' and wherever wherever wherever ever there Is ne need d of ot It changes to improve e pro production are pointed out and demonstrated At present two experienced hide then men are le at w work rk In the field tild one In r Pennsylvania and eastern eastern Ohio working workIng work work- Ing chiefly on the handling of calf calC calfskins calfskins sl skins Il s and the other in the region of Virginia and North Carolina working pr primarily on hides hIdeS' The rime bureau of chemistry and soils solIs h invites tanners tan and hide tilde producers to bring p promptly t to Its att attention nt n cases of ot serious damage resulting re from poor skinning and po poor r curing and If feasible feasIble feasible feas feas- I ible It will undertake to send rend in response response response re re- one of its representatives to collect hand first-hand information and trace the origin of the trouble Base Goods of Leather Hide Is the base goods of all nil leather Leather Is a present-day present essential es es- of every walk of life Our domestic domestic do do- hide supply Is falling shorter and shorter of our leather require requIre- ments Every year millions of ot pounds of hide substance are needlessly lost through Ignorance and indifference This work that the bureau of chemistry chemistry chemis chemis- try and soils Is doing Is purely con con- Because of the large quantity quantity quan quan- of raw material Involved and Its high value the work has lias great economic eco eco- economic possibilities It should receive the heartiest operation co from all th the related industries |