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dried, to keep it soft. Sometimes yellow ochre 

 is mixed with the Neatsfoot oil to impart a 

 shade of tan to the skin. 



In France skins are turned inside out and 

 carefully filled with hay or straw and then 

 hung up in the sun or in a current of air to dry 

 and cure. 



When arrangements have been made with a 

 furrier or hat maker to take one's pelts, it may 

 not be necessary to tan them. If they are dried 

 and then packed in a tight box containing 

 moth balls or naphthaline until a considerable 

 number have been obtained, they will keep in 

 good condition. 



