Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-21
TANNING MATERIAL
COMMERCIAL CULTURE or CANAioRE,
OR WILD WUBAun


fAmsncan Asrlcultuu'tl
la tro raiule,s regions Of the South
west tAe MeGicans have for ceUturius
teep tanning hides With the roots Of
sour dock ot wild fhubarb, rumer
bvm, rosspalus, called by the sarly
missionaries sour cara, "oana agfir,'
which was finally pronounced ca.
nn.gcr and hpoIled caunigre, With the
advept II the AnslO.ssHon AMI the
railway, tho plant wac util.z 'd IN tue
jocs! tanueries, and recently stock
romuanics have been organized to
gather, slice, mud tun.dfy large guam.
iitles vi the root u the wild plant, and
many carloads have been prepared aud
shipped TO American and European
tannerlss. A oanhisru tanning extract
h also made, which Il very similar 10
tho gam bier tanning extract, derived
from the leaves sud y0uug twice Of
on East Indian tres. The United
States imporia gambler 10 the extent Of
amilllon and a half dollars annually
and also sends abroad Tor hemlgck bafh
AMI other tanning mateflnlsto the vnlu'
VI million dollars more. the worlo's
YEARLY crhp OF gambler Ia valued ut tcu
mllllun NNNiNNHF Ahh hNAtAN ~ W - O."
Skinned ffom inuia 10 Great Britain,
and h thence sx pottei TO the other Eu.
fopean nations, aud 10 America, being
ghVlusalod NJ from 4 10 cents pr
round. Canaigfe nnds IT, stfuuget
competitor IN gambler, M the tanning
properties ~ tue two substauous are
very similar.
Leather acquires from canaigfu a
clearer, brighter orange color than rom
any other tanning material. The IA !
OF even asmall quantity gives brighter |
yellow tint 10 the leather, add II 4 the |
very best material fJf fUtanuing POORLY |
tanned hiIes. The great value oicansi. |
ere lies m the fact that II tans quickly, |
cllou deeply aud seems 20 give |
strength 10 the SIT, durable, impuf'
vioua leather which N very tough aud |
pllhble. II II adapted TO the tanning |
VI fancy leather, uppefs, aaddlcfy auu |
the Il % eat Kind OF sole leather, ~ the
product 10 e pleasing COof, and |
neither shTinka or swslla. A. IL Ia tho |
first 10 act on the hide, n email amount
Of canAlgTe, used with pine OF other |
baTks, causes the latter 10 tao the
leather more rapidly aud uniformly. |
Hence there 10 an Increasing demand |
fof this new american tanning ms.
tefial. CAnalgfe 10 dOck-like plant
" narrow.leaved fhubatb, growing |
during the moister weather o. n auth.
western fail and winter. anu throwing |
up n secd-ttalk three feet hign, bearing |
pink flower, witch Change 10
purple. rue valuable part IL tue
tubsfous roots, which fesrmble n clue
ter VI sweet potatoes. These tubers
are the permanent Part Of the plaut,
making their growth before the hot
dry summer, which Kills all Of the
plant above ground. rho roots con.
iinuo 10 grow and increase In tannin
for years. The tanio acid In the green
root increases from per cent In the I
young root ~ IN per cent la the old.
The tannin In the Hif.dfied root varies
from 10 per cent In the young root 10
IS per cent In the old. Tue leaves anu
STEMS contain per cent OF tannin
wheu green, Anc 4 yer cent when dry.
Ont-yeaf-old tubers, when air-dfloi,
arc about ons.'Ourlh tannin.
A moist, sandy s1il Is preferred by
ssnaigfc, but II also grows ON the
mesAA and other high land. 81 many |
Of the wild roots have been gathered
that the supply OF canAigTe within a
profitable distance Of tho railroad h.
already limited. Tho plant, however,
bears cultivation VOL, aud the expert.
ment stations nj Tucson, AnEonn,
and at Laa CTuces, New Mexico, have
,ested various mrguods VI It's culture
and irrigation. Ths soil Ia prepared
~ It would be for potatoes or
other root crOpa, being meliOwed NJ
cssply a. possible. As the crop does
not grow during the summer, II IL beet
planted In tho fall, though a complete
ioRson's growth 10 not alta ned thereby,
~ the spTing.plantod cauaigto will |
make some growth before becoming |
dormant Tor the summer. The plant |
produces As little mature seed a. the |
c0mmon potato does, and the delicate |
seedlings arc much more tender than |
rhuOafb seedliugs. Hence cauAigte 10 |
ptOIagated from tubofu, o. the common |
potato II, with this advantage, that tue |
seed tuoHr fOT tho oanAigtu crop dOea |
not decay or die, but Increases It's con, |
fonts Of ihe valuable tanuib, 90 that |
the ton OF whole lubers needed to plant |
an acre IL OF itself n sale and profitable |
Investment Though tbs roofs may b. |
cut very small for seed, there 10 thus |
little advantage Ia such treatment. Ca. |
naigro lsso tenaeiOus Of lite that the
lubers IN tho ground will not die from
neglect or drouth, but II, yield In.
crosses In proportion TO the amount OF
rainfall moisture or irrigation, the |
wedding and the cultivation II rsoe! Ies
during tho fall anu spring. The treat.
ment and cost pVt acre Ia about the
came as for posRtors, though II should |
have au extra fell irrigation, which |
tho potatoes, Of course, do not get
The cAnaigTe crop may be harvested |
atany time, though the largest yield IL
obtained when dormant IN summer,
AMI the greatest amount Of tannin Just
after II begins 10 sptUut iu the fall. The
cultivated roots are dug with any pillow
VI machine that will harvest potAluea.
As large beans OT carloads VI tho green
To0uWil eat nj spoil lrom tue TEL
mtutatltc, the roots arc spread out Ia
thin lANrL 20 uty Ia tho air and sun.
shine, or when thus spread are covered