. 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 . 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
. 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 . 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 Hides drying on bamboo frames MAKE THE BEST LOOM PICKERS We have seen that a tew buffalo hides are tanned,some are made into sandals and baskets bv the nativesand a small quantitv ot the verv heaw are used tor pol-ishing purposes, but the bulk is made into rawhide orbuftalo loom pickers. The hide ot no other animalseems as suitable tor this purpose, as it possesses the neces-sary strength, thickness and elasticity and, because of itsbeing unsuitable tor leather, costs less than hides whichcan be used tor tanning and other purposes. QLIALITY VARIES ACCORDINCi TOLIVING CONDITIONS The hides ot the water buffalo, like the hides of domes-tic cattle, varv in qualitv according to the conditions THE IJJTER BUFFJLO 39 under which the aniniiils li\e. |]urtah)es in the drierportions of India where tood and water are scarce arethin and scrawnv, and their hides not as good as thehides ot animals liv-int: where the irraz-ing is good andwater plentitiil,such as Java, one otthe most fertilespots in t
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