The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-10-23
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THE TANNING process.

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THE TANNING PROCESS.
Mn. EDI1oR: Tanning is q chemical
process, but | d ,ubl whether IL keeps
mace with the present march of improve.
meat in scienee and knowledge. The
G,!lowing information would be Of gene,
raj utility 10 tanners IN the south and west,
10 vii:
Is.. Is there any philosophical insiru.
men, 10 ascertain the strength Of tan ooze,
or the tanning liquor! If yea. what is il!
2nd. What is The strength Of the firsl
liquor the hides are put inlol And whal
The strength Of the lssIl
81. Are there any improved tanning
machines Of lac invention, aud what Is
their utility! Who are the inventors,
where DO they live, &C., &c!
A SUBaCRIBER.
Livingston. Ala, July s9th, 1915.
In reference to the foregoing, we offer
such information as we possess, hoping
tia, others will more fully answer our
correspondents inquiries,
4 new process Of tanning was inven.
red IN England few years ago. Cor which,
we have been told, patent vas granted
by the crcwn. About the year 1898, or
1899, an Englishman then residing al
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, obtained letters patent
from the United States government. for
what we understood was the same pro-
cess. The name Of this man we cannot
nov recollect, but presume any informa-
ton can be furnished in relation To him.
or to the process Of tanning, by Mr.. Jo-
ssph Stacy. Of GAINESVILLE. In Johnson's
Farmers Encyclopedia, a description is
given Of new process Of tanning, which
we suppose to be the same as is above
alluded TO. The subjoined extract EN-.
braces the substance OF the account:
a discovery has recently been made.
which seems likely TO revoluiionize the
tanning trade. By means of a tanning
msrhine, % Pe,r e i's,isousss s'.''s' :. "A,
ed over ian-pi,. between which Is fixed
4 band or belt of hides attached by liga-
lures % each other. TO the number Of 90
10 100, and BY which the rollers are con-
s,antly fed or supplied, the hides are lift
ed out of the pi, on one side Of the ma
chine; as they pass between the rollers.
the exhausted ooze or tanning liquid Is
pressed out Of them, and they are depo-
sited in folds in the pit on the other side.
where they absorb another supply Of fresh
,annin. The frs. hide having been in
serted between the rollers. the others FOL
low in succession, and upon arriving al
the end Of the band, the motion OF the
roller is reversed, and the belt is returned
through the machine to receive another
squeeze. This alternating motion Is con-
s,antly repeated, the pit being replenish-
ed from time to time with fresh solutions
Of tan, till the operation is completed,
The effects produced by this simple plan,
are-l. The shortening OF the time oI
tanning to one-iourih Of that generally re-
CURED. Q. The production OF aconslde
rabe increase OF weight. 3. The lea.h
er tanned by this method resists wate
longer than that tanned by the old process
4. The new method is cheaper than thu
old. 5. Il is applicable 70 the existing
tan-yards, at a comparatively trifling ex
pense with a capability of working il
rounds or series, and Of expanding lesstal
OF liquor. o. That it is available for al
sorts Of leather"
Deer Ploping. We have occasional
ly urged the importance Of deepening th
soil, By turning up and mixing with the SUI
face, small portions Of the subsoil wher
its nature is such as to produce benef
cial effects. We have known many in
stances of the beneficial effects Of such
course. DIR. ID. II. Robinson, OF Farm
ingt'n, Ontario county, N. Y, beln
compelled to prepare piece Of gras
land for wheat, late in summer. plowe
very deep, not less in any place tina
eight inches, but averaging nine or te
inches. This was thoroughly narrowed
with small dressing of rotted manure
and sowed upon the inverted sod. III
product was thirty-five bushels per aer
on land where twenty bushels are us
ally considered a heavy crop. Anoth'
very skilful farmer of our acquaintanc
finds SO much benefit from the mixtu
Of the subsoil, that he considers decide
advantage would result. so far as ralslI
wheat is concerned, if six inches OF u
surface Of his land were entirely remove
and carric' off.
Subso' blowing would doubtless
useful in such cases to acertain extent; b
we would more particularly recomme'
thorough french plowing-one pillow
follow the first, so as to lossen and thro
= up The soil TO the depth Of at least o