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nothing else. The nearness ot the curers to the market, 

 which gives them the opportunity to secure hides of the 

 desired quality, and their years ot experience and knowl- 

 edge of what is required, result in producing hides 

 more suitable tor loom pickers and better prepared than 

 can be obtained elsewhere. 



OUR HIDES SKILLFULLY PREPARED 



Hides of inferior quality, no matter h(nv caretullv 

 prepared, do not make the best loom pickers, and hides 

 of the best quality may be made unsuitable bv too much 

 or too little liming. It is, theretore, ot the utmost im- 

 portance that hides be selected and prepared by reliable 

 and experienced curers it pickers ot the best quality are 

 to be produced. 



We haye for nearly fifty years had our hides prepared 

 by one of the largest and best curers in England. We 

 haye the first selection from his stock and our require- 

 ments are anticipated far enough in advance to allow 

 ample time in which to select hides of the best quality. 

 We are, therefore, never obliged to go into the market 

 and accept inferior hides to keep going. We recei\e 

 only sound hides of the best quality and are confident 

 that the hide quality of our loom pickers cannot be 

 surpassed. 



RAWHIDE WASTE 



The waste in making loom pickers is very great, com- 

 ing nut only in the cutting up of the hides but also in 



