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Show Tan deer hide before it goes bad By' JAMS STUART NORTH SALT LAKE-Does a tannery get busy during deer hunting hun-ting season? "Does it ever," exclaimed ex-claimed Jim Fox of Valley Leathers Inc. at 633 West Center in North SaltLake. According to Fox, "Business has been increasing yearly at Valley Leathers, but there is always a definite surge .during the hunting " season." There are over 50,000 deer skins processed yearly at Valley Leathers. , J Proper procedure fof preparing a hide to be tanned involves skinning the animal, salting the hide, flesh side up, with about two to three pounds of salt and then keeping it out of the weather. Once the salt pulls the moisture out of theskin. it can be rolled up and taken to die " tannery. - - w- . -.4 . , t c It Is very important not to let the hide spoiL "If a hide is spoiled, there is no way it will tan," explained ex-plained Fox. It takes approximately one month to tan a hide, but during the hunting season, it can take as long as one to three months, depending depen-ding on how many .hides are received receiv-ed at the tannery. . -'. - ' .- - - " " " .' '.' |