Show THE production OF LEATHER the question of producing leather in quantity and quality at least to supply our home demard demand has ha often ben belore before your readers and nd yet much can be said on it and to advantage to tue bredt reading public in early i days daya tanneries canneries tann eries were run more or loss successfully in our territory using red pine bark barb but for many years comparatively little has baa been attempt att w pled in that line the reason usually assigned being that he tannic watter matter was wae too source scarce yet we are informed that fairly good leather was produced now for some years a desire dedire has becu manifested to produce leather at least for out our own consumption expert wants mente have been made with different materials containing substance a d root came to the knowledge of our people great areat efforts were made to u raw it to the attention of the people and its qualities have been partially discussed lie its practical results have been ascer wined by the parowan carowan operative cooperative co tannery that is being operated by wm pritchard as tan tanner der he boas that to tan perfectly call calf skins akina with canal gre root takes taken about fifteen days daye while with the bark it took ninety days daye to tan kip it takes about twenty daye sole leather about forty days while with bark it took four months for kip and for role nole leather twelve to fifteen months the relative strength streng tb f the different substances used for tanning is given as follows Gana Canal iRre gre 30 80 per cent red pine bark 6 to 7 oak oark 16 hemlock 17 per cent we unclose nolabe a sample of sole aule leather it ii was wai tanned in thirty five days and it Is 1 tle alred that it be toted tested by the lne same lame parties who pawed passed judgment on the samples sample sent lent from el paso by mr brown and the results stated in the columns of the news for the benefit of its ita numerous readers who are interested in this question the sample enclosed will wear smooth and glossy those who have used the feather claim for it good wearing wear loi qualities heavy boots from the tanned leather are used by the larmer armor in irrigating to wade in the water they pre preferring them to rubber boots irbe roots cost the tannery in parowan carowan 16 to 20 a ton in the green state alicea ano and dried 50 a ton they are obtained from washington county where it is a native and grows grow to in its native state doubts have been in relation to 10 its cultivation in the more northern climes yet the roots were planted by mr pritchard Prito bard last october and abd though t was an unusually cold winter the tubers lived and were this first thing to send end up green boot in the abe and it grew until ane ex extreme hot dry weather came when the tops dried down this was grown on dry land with no water the roots we dug up were sprouting ready t tj grow again this fall we enclose to you samples sample of tile the tubers bers grown in parowan carowan valley where the climate is in more severe then than in bait lake valley and would request that parties be induced to plant and test khe he matter in sevier juab utah and salt bait lake counties aoun lies w where here it is more than probable it could be cultivated to ad vantage and with profitable results and revolutionize the me leather trade ip in our state making us exporters instead of importers of this necessary article giving an impetus to boot and shoo shoe factories and creating employment for a vast number dumber besides por lobing our people RICHARD 0 LA wB EIELT PAROWAN iron CO jo utah clan sept 1896 1895 |