How To Tan Furs

Spread the skin flat with the innei side upward and sprinkle it with a misture of salt two parts, saltpeter one part and alum one part. The mixture must bo pounded fine. Put on plenty and roll the skin up tight. In a few days the powder will have dissolyed. Then stretch the skin on a board and scrape the inside quite clean. Dry it thoroughly in the 6un. Rub it well with neatsf oot oil and dry again in the snn. Scrape it again to get the loose oil out and sprinkle it well with hot piaster of paris powder. Rub this in with a cloth. Dry once more and the fur will be ready to use.