. Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902. amemanner as before the leathering process, except that the operation isperformed much more carefuUv. After fleshing or skiving, the skins are usually put through the tubsor tramping machines a second time, and on removal therefrom arecleaned of grease. In this operation two forms of revolving drumsare used, one known as the cleaning drum and the other as the beatingdrum. The purpose of the former is to extract the grease by meansof dry sawdust, and of the latter to remove the sawdust. The drumsare usually about 1 feet wide and 6
. Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902. amemanner as before the leathering process, except that the operation isperformed much more carefuUv. After fleshing or skiving, the skins are usually put through the tubsor tramping machines a second time, and on removal therefrom arecleaned of grease. In this operation two forms of revolving drumsare used, one known as the cleaning drum and the other as the beatingdrum. The purpose of the former is to extract the grease by meansof dry sawdust, and of the latter to remove the sawdust. The drumsare usually about 1 feet wide and 6 or 8 feet in diameter, but the sizeis entirely a matter of convenience and desired capacit3^ The cleaning drum is made of wood, and upon its interior circumfer-ence are four or Ave wooden shelves about 0 inches wide and at suitabledistances apart. Instead of these shelves some drums are providedwith rows of wooden pins or pegs 6 or 8 inches in length and similarlysituated. Sometimes each cleaning drum is inclosed in a wooden Report U. S. F. C. 1902. Plate Blueback seal. Harp sral. ^V(Mll SEAL SKINS TANNED WITHOUT REMOVING THE HAIR ISEE P. 335).
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