. 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 . Drv huffald hidL-> brcmght to Rangoon b\ rail DRVINC; OF THE HIDESIMPORTANT The drvinLi; of the hide after being taken oft the ani-mal is of the utmost importance liecause ot the climaticconditions. The heat of the tropics is intense and theravs of the sun hurninir durinir the dav, hut the nitrhtsare cool, with heavv dews. The native sun-dries his hideshv spreading; tliem on the ground to drv, hut it not prop-erly care
. 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 . Drv huffald hidL-> brcmght to Rangoon b\ rail DRVINC; OF THE HIDESIMPORTANT The drvinLi; of the hide after being taken oft the ani-mal is of the utmost importance liecause ot the climaticconditions. The heat of the tropics is intense and theravs of the sun hurninir durinir the dav, hut the nitrhtsare cool, with heavv dews. The native sun-dries his hideshv spreading; tliem on the ground to drv, hut it not prop-erly cared for the heavv dews deposit water in the de-pressions of the hide, wlhcli the intense heat ot the sunacts upon, and decav results. The liide, when taken oft, if properly handled isfirst rieshed and then treated with an antiseptic solu-tion to protect it from ants and insects. It is thenstretched upon a frame and held in place by means 42 GJRLJND MJNUFACTURING CO. ot grass twine passing through holes made on tlie edgesot the hide, when thev are sun-dried. Hides dried inthis manner are much more tree trom the decav likely to. Wet bufFalii hides unloaded from train in Rangoon in earl\ morning occur in hides laid on the ground to dry. After drying,the hides which are shipped trom Java and Rangoonare tolded down the middle ot the hack and packed torshipment in hales ot twenty to twenty-tive hides, de-pending upon their weight. Hides shipped from Singa-pore are usually shipped loose. Hides are sometimessalted or pickled, in which case the hide is tolded byitselt into a bundle ready to ship. COLLECTING AND MARKETING HIDES Although some hides come trom slaughter houses,the bulk is collected in the up-country districts in THE BUFFALO 43 small lots and lirouirht ti> the railmad stations and boatlandings for shipinent to the great ports, where thevare assorted tor quality and stencilled with the mark otthe shipper. The hides are assorted with such carethat their qualitv can he
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