Show manaigre IN TANNING many questions have been askel wa as to the process alii of utilizing cian manaigre sigre root in the tanning of leather but information ioa as to details to la not very common yet ia this locality where the root can be grown so easily the mexican method is in very crude but as discover artra ra of the virtues of the plant plane the mexicans have developed a procesa that affords suggestions suggestion on important points that may prove of value to those who use more modern utensils to ID their operations the mexicans proceed upon the theory that in order to extract the virtues of canal gre for tanning the nearer it can be reduced to a pulp the better the plan by which they accomplish this it if the root can be obtained fresh belore before it has time to dry is to run it through a common cider mill mil after which the pulp way may be spread out and dried and stored for future use it the root is allowed to dry first then something st stronger roDger must be used as 86 for iLi tance ane old fashioned bark mill or a patent grinder the mexicans use two flat rocks rock for the purpose literally pounding it into pulp where the root to is plentiful they merely 1 leach the pulp after the old process for mak ing lye out of wood ashe achee in order to obtain the liquor this is a waste ful method notwithstanding that oare care is taken to extract all of the stron strength gib possible ble ty by heating beating must be b done in it a copper or galvani zad cald caldron rov otherwise the Sl quoi will turn urn leather a bluish color by oxidizing the iron fro ninan in an iron vessel some success has baa attended steeping the bulpin pulp in a wooden vat heated by galvanized steam beeam pipes running through it owing to the strength of the canal gre liquor ibus to us made failure to produce first fint class leather frequently occurs by putting too bides into too strong a solution lution Bo at first thereby burning the leather this la is obviated by transferring the bids bide at a proper time from a weak to a stronger aiom the time of the aL jafer depending on various conditions to be learned irom from an instructor or through experience for upper leather all lime by which the hide is ia impregnated in removing the bair must be ex traded acted tr the mexicans using a bull bail of hen ben manure for this purpose with sole leather they are not quite so eo particular when this treatment nt to is followed it is found that the best beat of loather leather can be produced really without soy any great expense pense in the proceed proc eee the more en lightened method alms aims to follow the same ne lines wasting less material and perform performing hig the work to in lose jess time than by the cruder mexican process |