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Blanket from Rabbit Skins 
In Winnipeg recently I was told that 
some trappers cut rabbit skins into strips, 
twisted the strips to make a string with 
the fur out, and wove such strips into the 
warmest and best blanket imaginable, 
both the warp and woof have the strings 
of rabbit fur spaced about au inch and 
a half or so apart, so that the fur just 
meets across the openings. It sounds 
attractive. c. M. G. 
Cottam, Ont. 
The Indians are accustomed to manu¬ 
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cutting the skins into strips about an 
inch in width. These sewn together into 
suitable lengths, hung up and dried. 
During the process of drying they nat¬ 
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and an extra twist may be given if neces¬ 
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blankets by one of three methods. One 
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more, usually seven strips, and sew the 
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tied to the frames as the braiding pro¬ 
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best blankets, but it requires such close 
attention to minute details iu order to 
keep the blanket in the form of a rect¬ 
angle that it is seldom used except for 
the making of small blankets for children, 
especially for young babies. These blan¬ 
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they do not protect from wind or water 
as well as those made from whole skins, 
and they are not at all durable. 
Rabbit skins are very tender and easily 
torn, and they shed the hair very readily. 
There seems to be no method of tanning 
by which these defects can be remedied, 
and, for these reasons they are not 
wanted by the furrier's trade. Their 
chief use is in the manufacture of felt, 
and such felt is used chiefly in the manu¬ 
facture of men’s hats. The skins are 
given a potash treatment which loosens 
the fur, which is removed and felted by 
special machinery. The skins are then 
boiled to extract the glue, and the residue 
is used in the manufacture of fertilizers. 
The market price of rabbit skins is 
around 25 cents a pound. A better method 
of utilizing them is to tan them by home 
processes and use them in the manufac¬ 
ture of clothing not designed for heavy 
■wear. c. o. o. 
Tanning Skunk Skins 
What is the best method of tanning a 
skunk skin? I have tried tanning them 
with salt and alum, equal parts, but now 
the skins are stiff. IIow may one get 
rid of the obnoxious odor on these pelts? 
Is it possible to dye the white stripes on 
a skunk skin, and how? w. w. m. ' 
The trouble in this case is that the 
correspondent allowed the skins to become 
dry and then neglected to soak them suf¬ 
ficiently before beginning the tanning 
process. Had the soaking been thorough¬ 
ly attended to, and the skins well pulled 
and stretched while in the tanning liquor, 
they would have been soft and pliable 
when tanned. It may be possible to rem¬ 
edy this defect by working neatsfoot oil 
into the flesh side. When made as pliable 
as possible by this process, the flesh side 
should be well rubbed with powdered 
chalk to remove the surplus oil. The 
mixture used gives very satisfactory re¬ 
sults as an all-around tanning mixture. 
Rut for skins as oily as skunk skins, a 
better formula consists of two parts salt, 
two of alum, and one of saltpeter. 
The offensive odor may be removed from 
the skins or from one’s clothing by bury¬ 
ing in fresh and rather damp garden soil 
and allowing them to remain for several 
days, or by exposing to the steam arising 
from water in which spruce boughs are 
being boiled, or by the plentiful applica¬ 
tion of gasoline. Ordinarily furs are colored 
with aniline dyes, and the process is com¬ 
plicated and impractical for an amateur. 
Rut in the present instance, where the 
desired change is from a solid white to 
a solid black, it may be accomplished by 
washing in soapsuds, drying, washing in 
gasoline, drying aud repeating these wash¬ 
ings until every particle of dirt and 
grease is removed. letting the gasoline 
washing l>e the last. When perfectly dry, 
brush till all knots and snarls are re¬ 
moved. and the hair lay straight aud 
smooth. Then with a brush apply a so¬ 
lution of nitrate of silver, working it 
around among the hairs until all are 
equally well moistened. I.et the skin dry. 
preferably in the shade, brush as before 
and apply in the same manner a solution 
of pyrogallic acid. Allow this to become 
dry and then brush smooth. These 
chemicals are largely employed in pho¬ 
tography, and should be carried by drug¬ 
gists and dealers in photographic supplies. 
Ordinarily the strength of each solution 
should be about one to 16. but there may 
be a little variation, and, to get the exact 
shade, a trial should be made, and if too 
light, make both solutions a little stronger. 
If too dark to match the natural color, 
either weaken the solutions or dye the 
entire skin. The result will depend upon 
the success in matching the exact shade, 
and the eve ness of the application of the 
liquids. My opinion is that a number of 
trials will be necessary. c. o. 0. 
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