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tat often mixed with liver. This is usually rubbed on 

 with the hands. Any kind of fat may be used for 

 this purpose though the preferred substance is as 

 stated above. The writer observed several instances 

 in which mixtures of packing house lard, baking flour, 



Fig. 20. Scraping a Hide. Blood. 



and warm water were rubbed over the rawhide as a 

 substitute. The rawhide is placed in the sun, after 

 the fatty compound has been thoroughly worked into 

 the texture by rubbing with a smooth stone that the 



