The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01

mutation of matter. Next inject into the
womb tepid water drawing 1t OIL with a
catheter; then inject a lotion composed OF z
drachms of sulphate of zinc, dissolved IN
one pint of tepd water; then loSon OF .
drachms of sugar of lead in one pint OF wa
tor. then n lotion OF . drachms of carbollc
acid I'm one pint of water. Follow che rlgnt
after the other. Do this twice gay until
cured.
+ poctolus. N. C.-Will you give
i'm the columns of ths department Soou'
quick receipt Tor tanning leatheT' anu f
IL oblige "A constant reader ana aoHlirer Vi
me fouowIng is a formula for tanning
unfinished i'm the weekly OF December, ~,
IosS, from a gentleman ior "hoso JuNoi'i
We can Youcn:
Uoyy 10 Tan Hides and Skins
on EDITOR. A correspondent of The
CONSTITUTIONS j. G. F., Trenton, Ark'' WISHES
information to tan leather on iiio
ton. The process is very slihPio, to from,
II Soak The dry hides IN cold "dlcl t toii'
0,,a Ia ION days according to WelShlS.
heavy hides requiring the lonsI nt,,ld ~,
WhLe they are soaking they shoII'N i ~
'aeshed that is, 80 over tne , No.. l,,'ife
Win n large, strong knife "a drawing hllle
viii answer and Scrape on an tnS .' -,
Ing flesh and loose tissue. 10 ont9 Ids
three times especially win heaNy niHe1,
IN makes them plant and more huIllchN0i0
10 the action of the llne. ,,ot which
- They now 80 into the lime Vat. Mi ,tt
hides we'll covered all the time, III WHlSh
there should be at least ore peCh Vl 81 ~
lime to ten gallons of water. NNo u9iie0r lii IN
having the lime too StronSi weak l4liic VIZ
eat up a lie, while strong lime VIII iot'l
While in the lime water they sIlvulu ~
moved about every day, so IS 10 "iloW ',t
mud To come in contact win Oh pd.t1 "
he surface and as soon as the lslr sips
well take them out, and with your Iarse
knife remove all the hair ana loose HeSh'
il there should Dc any remaining.
g. Now return them to fresh water ana
soak all the hme out Of them. rms MI
require from four TO elsht days. me
water 4 louiu be changed daily, or uetter
have your tank arranged that treSh water
can how through it, ,
=. Now go over them WITH the knife the
last time, and they are ready iof me tan
OeEe, which is a strong solution OF oak
bark or sufficient quantity TO completely
cover the hides. Change their position
are uniformly color-d. If you neglect 'lls,
there will be white spots on the Skln which
'Vili be raw after the balance of the hide IS
wei tanned. This col0rinS process IS very
important.
- Now they are ready for the tan vat,
which may be made Of anything mat Will
hold water. For ten or twenty hides, II
large. YOU need va Of one and haf or
two inch lumber. six fcet long, three feet
wide and two and half feet deep Tut
down a layer of bark ground or we'll pulVer-
lied. over the bottom. Ou this spread hide,
then another layer az bark and SO ON until
an your hides are ia. Re careful anu nave
q ia
Now cover every thiuS with water and let
it stauI for two months, adding sufficient
water To replace evaporation. Now they
VIII need % be changed into fresh hark
and treated the same as before. FOR goat
and H-nt calfekins one time in the bark
VIII ba sufficient. but thick. heavy hides
viii require three changes to make good
leather
II tanned enough light skins last year to
make all the strings | viii need on my
farm for i've years and used only about
five bushels OF red oak bark and hair
buenrl ~ lime. -
II soaked ana lined my skins in two
orllptv lard barrels thalf barrels they Wete)
AMI barlled' in q kerosene barrel sawed IN
TWAIN
u send you a sample. ..,-,
j. y. TRAMMELL."
The above is from friend OF our
youth. whom we have not seen in nearly
thirty-fvc years. We ere greatly obliged to
yeu. Or r. The sample of lacing Leather
sent is plant, soft and stroar. Let our
farmer readers do their own tanning, and,
iC necessary, make their own shoes. We
are not posted about tanning, but We have
made q good many pairs OF shoes, while
slowly recovering from a wound that pre-
vented locomotion received during the war.
r. j. X.