Conservation Resources Lig-Free® Type I P/8TEPHEN80N'S ^ii]htmnii ^jinnim] ^([oceHB, COPYRIOHT SKCURED. Agents Wanted, SEXD STAMP FOR TERMS, TO Pv ^T^HJg^'gim. p SYCAMORE, |^%;^^^o6i^ YR! G.^y rXi;;^^ -9^L. No.. •v. 1879 BNOI.r KROS. BTEAM PRINT, SYCAMORE, ILL. \9^ A New Method of Tanning. • Furs and Pelts: — Soak the pelts or skins until as soft as when taken off the beast. All pelts or hides with hair on must be well freed from all flesh, fat and other matter by being beamed with a knife or scraper on a round slab, and then well scoured in suds made of soft water, to which add J pound of salsoda to 15 gallons of warm water and enough soap to make a strong suds; keep these proportions for a larger or smaller quanity. Before any tanning or coloring matter is aj^plied rinse thoroughly in clear water. The art of tanning to all intents is a chemical operation converting raw hides into leather. This process produces a leat^i- er much better and more durable than any old method. How to Make Compound Tanning Fluid. Dissolve the following chemicals in one gallon of hot water: one pound alum; two pounds common salt; one ounce salsoda; one oz. glauber salts; 1 oz, potash. When nearly cold add one pound sulphuric acid; put in a jug ready for use. Put this on the flesh side; be careful to let the mixture touch every [)art of the skin-^; put it on with a rag tied on a stick. Then hang up in a shady place until just dry enough to turn white wijen |>ul!ed and stretched in any direction. Much depends upon working the pelts and furs at the right time, that is \vh3n just dr}^ enough to turn the flesh white when woiked. For Tanning Calf Skins or Deer Skins Soak the skins till tlivy aie thioughly sof cned. Remove a!l the flesh by scra|)iiig oil the tltj.sli side with a fle.shiiig knife; they ai'e now ready for j;he lime. The lime to be made in equal quanites oi' lime and wood ashes: say 2 quarts of fresh slacked lime, 2 quarts of wood ashes ir 6 pails of soft water, handle daily until the hair comes off t'reel}'; keep these proportions for a larger or snjaHer (piantity. Tiiey aie then un-h aired, and rinsed well in warm water. Now they are ready for the bate — 2 ounces of ]>otash; 2 ounces of common salt dissolved in hot water; when cool, use enough to hand- someh^ immerse the skins; kee|) thei-ein 12 hours; handle well, then they are i-eady for tanning. When the skin is done drip)>ing it is to be -pread on a table, the flesh side thoroughly wet wiih the Conq)ound Tanning Fluid: then hang up in the shade; when nearly dry put on a light coat of oil aiid work well. Dyeing. As soon as the skins are throughly i inscd and done dripping they are ready for the dye: Green, Garnet, Maroon, Pink, Slate, Black, Salmon, Yellow, Magenta Use the Union Package Dyes; Directions with each package. When a'ou color use warm water, not hot. The Union Package Dyes arc sold by all the leading druggists, merchants and book sellers. 1 claim the compounding of sulpliinie acid with potash and glauber salts, alum, salt and salsoda will make a soft pliant leather without the use of barks. No persons owning the right of P. Ste* phenson's Tanning Process will have tht. right to dispose of or make known the mode of tannine^. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS I iiiilliilii!!!!!!!! 016 058 484 1 %\i Having used P. Steplien«on's Compound Tanning Fluid we would specially recom- mend it to others as a valualDle and highly useful article. It is all it claims to be. Mads 'Peter Johnson, Hotel Keeper. John M. Baboock. Glover. I hereby certify that I })iirchased of Mi'. P. Stephenson a pair of boots made from a deacon skin tanned by his process, which I wore constantly for IJ- years, wearing out three pair- of taps. I regard the process a perfect success. G. L. Arnold. Conservation Resour( Lig-Free® Type I Ph 8.5, Buffered LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS nil 016 058 484 1 4