Show tanning cow hides many farmers will butcher a beef or two this winter and be confronted with the prospect of practically giving away the hide rather than sell cow or calf miles hides for a meager price notes a writer in the missouri F farmer armer they should be used on oil the farm it is not necessary to tan a tilde hide to make it into a suitable rug or a mat for the floor of ones automobile try salting down a hide rolling it up with the salt sal t inside for a time or until the hide has taken enough enoich salt to keep it then roll it out a and nd clean it arid and tack up to dry when dried cut it into a square shape for a rug or in suitable shapes for other purposes stich as a floor mat for tho the car calf hides make splendid rugs for bathroom etc rugs hugs cured up tip in this way will be stiff but they make up for this in beauty |