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Show IN TANNING SMALL SKINS Excellent Methods Given for preparing pre-paring Utiles nf Hither Munkrnl or Itnbbit for tho Market. The skins should first be heated by sprinkling fine salt over the flesh sides then roll up and allowed to remain re-main for 12 months. If the pickling method bo preferred, the skins may be Immersed In a strong solution of brine. After being treated with the salt, wash In cold water, and then all tho flesh and fat scraped off. Then sew together to form pouches with hair Inside and placed In weak wattle bark solution. The wattle bark solu Hon Is made by boiling tbo bark and having tho decoction stand for 24 hours, then taken out and skins are left In this bark solution for 24 hours, thon taken out and allowed to draw. The strength of the solution Is In j creased by the addition of more oak bark every day for sli days. At the , last day take out the skins. wah off, 1 and coat the flesh aide with dubbing Tho skins are then thoroughly worked I and stretched and hung up to dry, I snd the fur cleaned and evenly smoothed. Another method of rutin? skins l to triat them with salt and sul hurlc acid. Over two quarts of hent hran pour lt oonrts of boiling water, then strain Make nn equal niian'ltv o MroiiK t r'ne Mix brlin- and bran together to-gether sud to erWi rsi'l'm of the mix ttire ai'.l one nonce of milii'mrlc a I !. " lien i"Hiierse the ck'n. stl'i'iug them c rcisloi:a'lv until f e:ie, Uabblt sl.ins will tan In :!0 ,n!::rt"-i In tbli solution, when tnnned. wash fV. vklns In cold, water, anil hang In cei'.ir to become I pr.rtly dry Whin sk'tis sre nearly try, being moist to the hand, work und stretch until they become n.ft and p'lable. The tkln MJe should then bn thoroughly rubbed with prepared chnlk i |