Country Hides and Shins. 
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set far enough apart to permit the salt to escape readily to the floor. 
If hides are handled as directed, the shrinkage should be relatively 
small when they are weighed at the hide house. 
FOLDING AND BUNDLING HIDES AND SKINS. 
The steps generally followed in folding and bundling hides for 
shipment are given below, and will be easily understood by studying 
the accompanying diagrams, in which the hair side is designated by 
shading. As a rule hides are folded so that the hair side is out. 
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Fig. 41. — Folding and bundling : a. First step; 6, second step; c, third step. 
How to fold a hide. 
1. — Fold iii the head and neck on the hody of the hide, flesh surfaces together, 
and turn in the tail, as shown by folds " a " in figure 41. 
2. — Make a narrow fold on each side by throwing the belly edges and legs 
upon the body of the hide, flesh surfaces together, keeping the lines 
of the folds parallel, as shown by " b " in figure 41. 
