. The water buffalo (often called the mud buffalo) its characteristics and habits together with a description of the preparation of its hide for making rawhide loom pickers . PQ CO VO a J3 THE II .ITER BLEEJEO 37 It is not onlv the character ot the huttalo hide andits thickness which makes it unfit tor producini^ leatherof the hest quality, hut the taking oti ot the hide andits drvinir still further tend to make the hide unsuitahle. Fabtciiing butfalo hidc^ on bamboo frames tur drying. The\ arc-held in place by tying with grass twine for tanning. The hides of hutfaloes which are killed inslaug
. The water buffalo (often called the mud buffalo) its characteristics and habits together with a description of the preparation of its hide for making rawhide loom pickers . PQ CO VO a J3 THE II .ITER BLEEJEO 37 It is not onlv the character ot the huttalo hide andits thickness which makes it unfit tor producini^ leatherof the hest quality, hut the taking oti ot the hide andits drvinir still further tend to make the hide unsuitahle. Fabtciiing butfalo hidc^ on bamboo frames tur drying. The\ arc-held in place by tying with grass twine for tanning. The hides of hutfaloes which are killed inslaughter houses for heef are hetter taken off and morecarefully dried than those taken from the animals hythe natiyes in the up-country districts, as the latter arefrequently mutilated hy cuts and slashes which, withcareless hranding, seriously damage the hides. The fa-cilities of the natives for tanning are so crude and theleather produced so inferior that hut a yery limitednumber (jt hides are used tor this purpose. 38 MJNUFJCrURlXG CO.
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