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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 15, 1921 
Bankers and Fertilizers 
Bankers are keen judges of what is “good” and 
what is “bad” in the business of farming. The 
Federal Land Banks, and bankers in general, con¬ 
sider good fertilizers a sound investment always. 
The world must have food—a new supply must be 
grown annually—over-production and low prices 
one year usually mean smaller production and higher 
prices the next. 
They are quick to recognize the progressiveness 
of the farmer who, too, reasons it out that way and 
orders his fertilizers with an eye to the future. It 
strengthens his credit. It is good business—for him 
and for them. 
And that is the sort of farmer who insists on 
good fertilizers. A A C Fertilizers are good fer¬ 
tilizers. They are a farm asset that never fails to 
make farming a better business—each crop a better 
crop—than it would be without them. 
When you use A A C Fertilizers you put into your 
agricultural efforts the results of over half a cen¬ 
tury of crop and soil study, of thousands of field 
tests—fertilizers made right from the best, ingredi¬ 
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Write for— 
Suggestions as to the best fertilizers for your soils. 
Booklet “How to Get the Most out of Fertilizers ”. 
The A A C Agency if we have no dealer near you. 
The American Agricultural Chemical Company 
Address nearest office 
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A Rug from Sheep Skin 
Will you tell me how to tan or prepare 
a sheep hide? I have rubbed salt and 
alum in twice. How should I finish it? 
I have several of these skins to use for 
rugs or in the car. mrs. c. a. s. 
There are a great many different meth¬ 
ods of tanning and dressing skins, some 
of which are better for one class of skins, 
and some for another. Then, certain 
methods are best when the skins are de¬ 
signed for certain purposes, • and other 
methods are to be used when the skins 
are intended for other uses. Again, some 
methods are cosmopolitan in their result 
aud will give good satisfaction in a great 
variety of cases. I have answered a great 
many inquiries along this line, aud I have 
described many different methods, and 
among them is one in which treatment 
with saltpeter and alum is advised. But 
never, to my knowledge, have I suggest¬ 
ed the use of salt and alum as a tanning 
agent. The function of salt is to preserve 
the skins from decay until such time as 
they can be treated with some of the true 
tanning agents. 
In the present instance, where the skins 
are intended for use as automobile rugs, 
and have been salted and dried, they 
should be soaked in rather cold water 
until they are soft and pliable, being 
pulled and stretched frequently to re¬ 
move all folds and wrinkles. This opera¬ 
tion may require 12 hours, and it may 
require 4S. depending upon the condition. 
Now lay them upon a table, with the 
wool side down, and scrape every particle 
of flesh and other integument from the 
skin, and. with a sharp knife, trim it to 
the desired size and shape. Take a 
wooden mallet and pound the skins lightly 
until all lumps and hard spots are broken 
and the skins are of an even texture and 
thickness throughout. Professionally, 
they are “skived”; that is. they are shaved 
to an even thickness, but that is not a job 
for the amateur. When fresh skins are 
treated, none of this work except the re¬ 
moval of the adhering integument is nec¬ 
essary. 
Now, dissolve laundry soap in boiling 
water. Approximately one cake to two 
quarts of water will be needed for each 
skin, but something may be saved along 
this line when the wool is unusually free 
front dirt, or when a number of skins are 
treated at the same time. Put one-third 
of this into a washtub and add water at 
the rate of one gallon to one quart. Let 
the water be lukewarm. Hot water will, 
of course, extract the dirt and grease 
more readily, but it will also impair the 
quality of the skin. Immerse a skin in 
the water and wash and scrub it upon the 
washboard, precisely as one would wash 
exceedingly dirty clothes, until the water 
will remove no more dirt. Then take it 
from the water and wring it as tlry as 
possible. If a clothes wringer of sufficient 
capacity is available, so much the better. 
Throw out the water, but utilize it around 
the shrubbery or currant bushes, for it is 
one of the best of fertilizers. Use an¬ 
other third of the solution in the same 
manner, and then the remaining third. 
Three washings should be sufficient to 
clean the wool thoroughly and give it a 
fine, soft, silky appearance. If they do 
not do so. repeat the washings until the 
wool is clean. 
Now. mix alum and saltpeter at the 
rate of two to one. and add double the 
hulk of wheat bran. Corn meal will 
answer, but wheat bran is considered the 
better. While the skins are still damp, 
work all of this mixture into ‘them that 
they will hold. Spread the mixture over 
the flesh side a quarter of an inch thick, 
and lay away in a cool place for a week 
or 10 days, at the end of which time the 
skin should be thoroughly well cured. 
Dry it well, and, with the fingers, and a 
brush, straighten the wool. Next, when 
perfectly dry, wash with gasoline if de¬ 
sired. This process is not necessary so 
far as the tanning of the skin is con¬ 
cerned, but it will remove the strong 
“slieepy” odor that sometimes remains. 
Lastly, rub the flesh side well with neats- 
foot oil, or, in ease this is not readily 
available, use lard or rancid butter in¬ 
stead. Rub in all that the skin will ab¬ 
sorb, aud remove the surplus by rubbing 
with wheat bran. This oiling is not an 
essential part' of the tanning, but it will 
double the life of the skin. 
In view of the fact that the skins have 
already been treated with alum. I am not 
certain that its use in so great a quan¬ 
tity will he necessary in the present in¬ 
stance. But it is uot expensive, and its 
use in any quantity can do no harm, so I 
suggest using it according to the direc¬ 
tions given. Whenever water is mentioned 
in connection with tanning, bear in mind 
that it is pure, soft water that is meant, 
and rainwater is the best of all. Many a 
failure in the home tanning of skins may 
be traced to the use of hard well or 
spring water. Rugs when so made may 
be cleaned by first drying and then ■whip¬ 
ping upon the flesh side to remove the 
dust. Should this not be sufficient, wash 
with soap and water, and finish with gas¬ 
oline if necessary. They may be dyed to 
any color by any of the processes or 
chemicals employed in dyeing woolen 
cloth. The trimmings may be washed, as 
described for the rugs and. without fur¬ 
ther treatment, be made into dusters, or 
used for dusting cloths, wiping cloths, 
dishrags. or dozens of similar purposes 
for which they are admirably adapted. 
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