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By-Products of the Forest 



the cars and stacked in high piles, either in the 

 open or in long sheds. It may stay there for 

 months, for in most tanneries there is always 

 a large supply on hand. In the yards of some 



A TANNERY 



tanneries there is sufficient bark for two or 

 three years' use. 



The hides, as they are brought into the tan- 

 nery, look very little like the leather we know. 

 They are soft and wet, and covered with hair 

 and dirt. First of all the workmen clean and 

 scrape them, throwing each hide as it is finished 



