Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-28

and well suited for mons gloves. Tho
rich pasturagc Of this country Is an i'm
portiut element i'm the superior qualit! OF
the - skins as "a class.
In tho region Of the Nosgcs, in tGo
northeastern part of France, kid skins
are much smaller ana less elastic. oNi
70 the fact that the animals are no, 30
well cared for. Here the poverty Of the
soil Is ono of tho reasons for the infer.
iority of tho skins To the west IF tho
\osgcs. on the line between Paris and
Lyons, tho kid skins are of a better quail
ity. sin farther wcSt.tOwdrd the centre
of France. in Tourainc and Potou, Wh'f"
the paSturagc is good and the animals
well cared for, the grain of tho skin Is fine,
the skin itself is thin and strong. ard
comparatively free from scars and dis
ease. Farther south. toward the Span n
frontier. the quality of the skin Is inter-
ior as rule. the poorer paStur9gc AND
hotter climate having marked effect
upon it. The peasants in this part If
France ar" careless in their methods Of
work They neglect the kids while alive,
and after they have been butchorcd take
the skins of CarolcSslN. ard prepare them
for market i'm slovculy manner. AT
least one-third of these skins are 50 dry
that they arc int to NE used only rs lin
ings for boots and shoes. Kid skins have
the same general characteristics through
out the southwest of Francc-that l., from
the Rhonc to the Spanish border and the
Bay OF Bscay
Kid skins generally pass through several
hands before reaching the glove MAX r
or his agent. The skins of kid., Whcn
are bought 10y the butchers in tho towns
and used as a substitute for lamb SKINS,
are sold To the skin merchants or their
agents The skins of kids which are
butchcrcd ~ the peasants themselves arc
epl1 n la
through the region from cabin to cabin,
collecting them, in order to finally dispose
of them at a town fair to the skin deal
crs or to the agents of the manufaeturerl,
tanners. or large skin merchants The
rcre important butchers az the large
towns sell their kid skins directly TO the
agents of the glove manufacturers or skin
merchants.
Formerly, the regular fair or marke.
brought together all the dealers in the
nciGhtOring district. who exhibited IN
the market place their lots of Kid skins.
varying in number from five, ~ and 20 10
several hundreds and sometimes thouS-
anGs. These fairs were watched Win
the greatest interest 10y those who were
in the skin business. as the prices ontuin-
cd there for skins We're an indication Of
the probable prices for the entire :, as n.
This is. TO certain extent true to-49N,
but the town fairs no longer play the i'm
=
Tho railway the uresy ana genera ella
cation. as we'll as the enormous inporta-
tior of skins from Argentine Republic,
Chilithc Cape of Good Hope, Arabia, Mex
ice, Russia and Asia Minor have brought
about a revolution in the skin business.
Al one time the annual fair at \alrnoe
was considered nv kid dealers IN n, th.
most imr.rtant of all those held IN
I're,,cc ana nrobablv for other countri..
,,s wou II. great inheritance in mi. US.
moss was 1us 10 the fact thar Val,nc,. /,
situated n, Tho centro of a large nuo KID
,Ikir-nroducino. country ANA lis fair was
bcln m thr hepinring of the season for
m. so,,hrrr central nortion of France
,rLoso cordi,ions hrougbi many nm and
I.,.,,o lot. of PAW. l,ids several thousan1
! dn1or., to ,ho XaIanco fair which fact
,,,ns s,,,poiort 80 dr,v. ,bi,hor mo lj,, n,lr.
/ oh..e,,s 80. ttoir ,,,,nts fro,, Grnnnl,l,
A,noray t.ris AMI nthor nlncns mi.
fai,. Y,i,i ,yt.,s and ire rri,ns arc o,ioro,I
a,,n,v ,,o,r' hU, I, has los, its former i'm.
,,o,t,rr. h,.,,,.., lis imnort.n,,s beina