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Home Manufacture of Furs and Skins: A Book of Practical Instructions Telling how to Tan, Dress, Color and Manufacture Or Make Into Articles of Ornament, Wear and Use
From inside the book:
"Probably one of the oldest human industries is Home Dressing and Manufacturing of Furs and Skins, as this method of clothing the body has persisted from the stone age to the present time. As a happy combination of dress and ornament, furs will always continue to lead. At the present time the manufacture of furs has been highly developed, with the aid of machinery and specialized workmen it is conducted on a scale which compares favorably with any business activity.
"However the principles remain the same, and good results can still be attained by hand labor. To the average “out-door†man it is a positive pleasure to see the stiff, dirty, raw skin develop into the soft, clean, flexible material, and later to shape it into a protection from the cold and an ornament combined.
"In addition to the pleasure of tanning and making into some article for your home or office use, furs or skins caught or killed by yourself, there is a cash market for such articles. In fact, right here is the “Long End†of the profit. Raw fur skins that will bring, say $2.00 each in the raw, when tanned and made into some article, such as a muff, generally sell at several times the cost of the raw skin. The expense of manufacture is small and with lining added, is still but a trifle. During recent years many raw fur dealers have added tanning and manufacture of furs, skins, hides and pelts. Why? Because they realized that there was far more profit to sell as many skins as possible when manufactured. Can you blame them? Not in the least. At the same time why not reap some of the “Manufactured Furry†harvest yourself?"
This pre1923 publication has been converted from its original format for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the conversion.
