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scraped, tramped, soaked, fleshed, tanned, dried, drummed, greased, 

 kicked, drummed with sawdust, dyed, shaved, pared and foot- 

 tubbed before they are ready for the manufacturer." 



The machinery used is : 



Washing tanks, which are made of wire mesh and revolve in 

 a tank of water ; 



Drying vats, which revolve very rapidly, to throw moisture out 

 of the skins ; 



Cleaning drums, which, with an exhaust air arrangement, 

 remove the sawdust or corn starch from the skins ; 



Polishing drums, which revolve the skins with sawdust to polish 

 the fur and hair; 



Wooden tanks, for dyeing ; 



Revolving stone cylinder, for beaming; 



Kicking machine, for pounding the skins ; 



Sewing machine, built especially for joining fur; 



Clipping machine, for shearing the under fur even. 



Canadian fur dressers treat fox and mink as follows : 



Fox Mink 



Pounded Pounded 



Wet with sawdust Soaked to soften head 



Fleshed Fleshed 



Salt water put on skin Flesh pickled 



Dried Dried 



Broken in foot-tub Drummed with sawdust 



Buttered or greased Greased and pounded 



Tubbed Stretched 



Cleaned with sawdust in drum Drummed (sawdust) 



Dried Stretched 



Polished in drum with sawdust Drummed (sawdust) 



Stretched and beaten 



Dyed 



"At 'the fur dressers' the skins are first dampened on the flesh 

 side with salt water and left all night to soften. The following 



