Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 29, 1921, Page SIX, Image 7
Tanning Skins at Home.
The first thing to do with any kind
?of skin is to soak it over night or un
til thoroughly softened, then remove
the surplus fat and flesh from the
?esh side. If hair is to he removed it
-can be done by. laying skin hair side
np and .covering it with air slaked
ilime or fresh wood ashes, about half
.an inch for small. skins up to three
fourths for cow hides, keeping same
?evenly moistened and watching them
frequently, for as soon . as the hair
sfips nicely the ashes or lime must
bo removed and the skin washed. Be
fore tanning a sheep or goat skin the
wool or mohair must be washed well'
with suds and rinsed in clear wate:
Skins must not freeze during
Process, the formulas work much
wetter in moderate than in col
.weather.
For tanning thin, small skins life
.rabbit or squirrel put one gallon
?warm water into a wopden bucket
;add slowly and carefully, one ounc<
sulphuric acid, also one pint of
ole salt. Leave the skin in this solu
tion thirty-five minutes, hang in warn
oroom under surface dries off, aftei
. which pull and kork it until dry.
For sheep,, goat, dog or small calf
skins put into a half barrel or othei
wooden vessel 3 gallons of warm soft
.water, add 6 ounces of oxalic acid
also IVs. pounds table salt. Stir and
when dissolved put skin in and leave
.fourteen hours, moving it about oe
.easionally. Wash the skin in clear wa
-ter, let drain, then scrape and work
costil dry. For similar skins such
badger, 'coon, 'possum, skunk, house
eat, muskrat and the ilke, use only
'? gallons of water, 4 ounces oxalic acid
?and 1 pound salt.
To those who wish to try tanning
the hides of cattle, horses or mules
.the following method has been used
.and recommended by Mr. Stokes of
Arkansas. We" do not know as to its
value or where the ingredients can
be obtained. After soaking the hide
" take it to the currying horse, which
is made of a smooth log a foot
through, split in center, placed
Tounding side up and one end raised
about three and one-half feet by
means of legs. The hide is placed on
this for removing flesh with a curry
ing knife or old drawing knife. The
smaller skins mentioned in above
rpaTagr^hs can be fleshed with a dull
&n2Ee ar'ialf round 'file.
Dissolve 8 ox 10 pounds of the gum
ci ganibier in a kettle with enough
iain water :to cover the hide well. To
this add 4 pounds of salt, 2 pounds of
saltpeter and '1 gallera ?of good vine
gar. A barrel will do for a vat, and
you must have enough o"f the solution
to cover the hide. It is. sot necessary
to add all the water when dissolving
the gum gambier ; it can be made up
by adding cold rain water when put
ting the solution in the barrel. Air
the hide every two or three days by
Tifting it out of the solution and hold
?t a short time. In from twenty to
thirty days take hide out, wash and
sang it in the shade or a moderately
warm room. When nearly dry oil and
work it well with the hands. This
formula does not work well in cold
, weather.' By adding one-third more
of each ingredient the solution will
tan a second hide. For making sole
leather add one ounce oil of hemlock
to above formula.
.A way that some like better for
taking the hair off is "to put into a
wooden vessel enough water to well
cover skin, then add a quart of lime
for each bucket of water used. Put
skin in and move it about occasional
ly until hair slips and proceed as
above.-Kansas City Star.
World's Largest Deposit of
( .^'w^ . Kock Salt
"Vast'quantities of rock salt lie less
than half a mile beneath the surface
of the earth in the United States. In
New York, Ohio, Michigan, Penn
sylvania, West Virginia, and other
states, and probably in the world, is
that which extends,from Northern
Kansas across the west end of Ok
lahoma, the panhandle of Texas, and
: Southeastern New Mexico to Western
'Texas. The area underlain by these
: great Permian salt deposits is not
: far. from 100,000 square miles, ac
i cording to the United States Geolo
fgical Survey, Department of the In
. terior. The limits of the deposit, es
pecially to the northwest and south
?east, have not been ascertained, but
in general the area of thick salt ex
pends folly 650 miles from northeast
to southwest, and is fifty to 150
miles wide. The thickness and the suc
cession of the beds are variable, but
700 feet is reported in one hole, and
un many places the aggregate is more
tfhan 300 feet. On the assumption of
.an average thickness of 200 feet of
salt, the gross quantity in the area of
100,000 square miles is so large,
about 30,000,000 billion tons, that
the present needs of the United
States (about 7,000,000 tons a year)
can be supplied for millions of years.
-Farm & Ranch,
American Extravagance.
Politicians have a great deal to say
relative to the difficulty, of compet
ing with the pauper labor of Europe.
To this one thing is charged many
of our economic difficulties. As a
matter of fact, is not American ex
travagance the primary cause for so
many of our troubles? By extrava
gance we do not mean the purchase
of luxuries when money is plentiful,
although individually and as a nation
we would be better off if we increas
ed our savings account when oppor
tunity offered. We mean that we are
extravagant in production ; in the use
of our lands; in the destruction of
our natural resources; in our man-|
ner of work and in our way of liv
ing. We are extravagant in distribut
ing our products and even in the use
of the English language.
The agricultural industry contin
ues to lead all others in the number
engaged and in volume and value of
its product. It is the most important
of industries and is conducted with
less consideration of approved busi
ness principles and rules than any
other. It has been a producing indus^
try without a sales department. This,
perhaps has been the chief obstacle
in the way of its prosperity. But,
there are some things about produc
tion which every farmer should con
sider. The cost of production could
be lowered in many instances by a
little, planning and more system. Of
ten times the margin between profit
and loss depends on taking of the lit
tle things about the place. Farmers
who take the opportunity on rainy
days to put their machinery in order
are ready to go into the field the first
bright day and frequently this ad
vanced preparation makes and saves
a crop. Fixing a gate at the right
time takes but a few minutes, while
letting it go sometimes costs many
dollars in destroyed crops by loose
running stock.
The American farmers, many of
them, are extravagant in their acre
age. They try to put into crop more
land than they can properly prepare,
cultivate or harvest. As a result they
receive smaller returns from a large
acreage than they would have receiv
ed from half as much. Every farmer
knows that his plowing should be
done at the proper time; that it
should be done in a certain way; that
his seed must be of the best and put
into the ground at the right time,
and that constant and good cultiva
tion is necessary*to the production of
a maximum crop of quality products.
Yet, how many farmers are able to
do these things at the right time?
Under our large farm system it can't
be done except at the .expense of
much hired labor, and as a result we
cover a great deal of ground in a
skimpy, haphazard way without re
ceiving adequate returns for labor
and investment.
The small, well cultivated and
properly managed farm generally
produces a greater income than the
farm of large acreage which does not
receive proper attention. Communi
ties in which small, well cultivated
farms predominate are generally
prosperous.-'Farm & Ranch. ,
Bee Industry Growing.
Clemson college, June 25.-South
Carolina farmers in general and es
pecially in, certain Piedmont counties
a$e taking greater interest than ever
before in bees, as may be illustrated
by an account of progress in Oconee
and Anderson counties, where the
bee specialist of the Extension Ser
vice has many calls in promoting the
work.
In Oconee county "Bee Week"" was
abserved recently under the leader
ship of County " Agent George R.
Briggs and Extension Bee Specialist
E. N. Pr?vost. Nine d?monstrations
(vere held with a total attendance of
74 beekeepers, and great interest was
mown in all the demonstrations. 14
aid box gums were discarded and re
placed by modern hives. An example
if the value of the work done is in
the experience of Mr. Davis. Martin,
a farmer of Oakway, who two years
ago transferred his bees under the
specialist's direction into two modern
[lives and has this year obtained
about,300 pounds of first class hon
ey. This product figured at 30 cents
per pound makes a good showing for
so small an investment in money and
labor. Additional value is attached
to the demonstrations held during
"Bee Week" because of the fact that
it will be easy for those who attend
ed the demonstrations to continue to
transfer their own and their neigh
bor's bees into modern hives. The
beekeepers of the county are organiz
ed into a county association with
three divisions to cover three distinct
sections of the county.
?In Anderson County good progress
is also being made in bee work and
this county now holds the record for
bees in South Carolina with over
5,000 stands in the county. Many of
these stands have already been trans
ferred to modern hives and others
are being transferred. The county has
a well organized beekeapers' asso
ciation with a good membership all
over the county. Monthly meetings
are held at which problems of various
kinds are discussed and often lectures
given by some leading authority on
bees.
[Sunday School Bulletin Issued
by University.
Columbia, June 27.-A complete
study of the rural Sunday schcol and
its problem, with an outline of organ
ization and suggestions for the ad
ministration of rural Sunday school
is contained in a bulletin just issued
by the University of South Carolina.
jThe bulletin was written by C. E.
Kepley, as his thesis in the Depart
ment of Rural Social Science for the
degree of Master of Arts. The Fore
word is by Prof. Gee, head of the
Department. It is for distribution and
will serve as a great help to Sunday
?chool leaders.
The facts and suggestions contain-)
ed in the bulletin were gathered by
Mr. Keple^ is a complete survey made
by him of the rural Sunday school.
This ' bulletin gives a brief history
of the Sunday school movement, dat
ing from the organization of the
first school, in 1789 by Robert
*Raikes. Its study of the organization^
of the modem rural Sunday school
begins with the committee on educa
tion of the modern purpose of which
is to map out the course of study to
select teachers and to supervise the
course of study; and covers in detail
the work of th? officers, the organi
zation of the' departments, the adop- j
lion and use of a program and a set
of standards for each pupil, and the
kind and quantity of equipment, in-j
eluding the school building. The bul
letin also discusses the importance of
proper leadership and other means
for making the Sunday school ef
fective.
The Sunday school, the bulletin
shows, is a community builder and is
of immense importance to the rural
communities. Its teachings from the
Bible are closely associated with the
beauties of nature and the poetry of
country life, and its training for \
leadership meets the greatest of all
rural problems.
There are fifty million Americans
living under rural conditions. Nine
tenths of the ministers are from the
country and two-thirds of the Sun
day schools are rural. The solution
of the rural problems depends large
ly on making religion vital to the i
man of the country and thi3 needs j
the efficient Sunday school.
The bulletin is being distributed
to persons throughout the state by I
Dr. Reed Smith, director of the Uni-j
versity Extension Department.
Wants Prisoners to Support |
Selves.
Washington, June 26.-A short]
time ago Senator Dial took up with
Attorney General Daugherty the
matter of purchasing farm lands to
be utilized by inmates of various pen
itentiaries, his idea being that the
convicts should do more work and
thus become more self-sustaining. To
day he received a letter from the at
torney general, in which, discussing
conditions .at the Atlanta and Leav
enworth penitentiaries, he said :
"Without a doubt the same economy j
will be effected at Leavenworth as
was at Atlanta, when we acquired a
farm at the penitentiary. The whole
question of employment of federal
prisoners is now being given earnest
attention and consideration, and it
is hoped that the department will be
in a position to make some definite
recommendations to congress in this j
respect in the next year."
Senator Dial believes that every-1
.thing possible should be done to
utilize the services of these convicts
in order ethat they may help to sup
port themselves and be less of a tax |
on the people.
Notice.
On the night of October 19th, 1920
the vault of the Bank of Trenton,
Trenton, S. C., was burglarized and
the following certificates of stock
covering stock owned in the Trenton
Fertilizer Company, was stolen and
the public is warned not to accept any,
of these certificates as. application has !
been made for duplicates:
Certificate No. 2 for 3 share owned
by F. Pi and T. P. Salter.
Certificate No. 24 for 3 shares
owned by J. W. Miller.
Certificate No. 25 for 3 shares
owned by J. W. Miller, Executor.
TRENTON FERTILIZER CO.
Tswaton, P. C.
6-l-6t.
NOTICE.
We having organized the Edgefield
National Farm Loan Association in
connection with the Federal Land
Bank, I shall be glad to file your ap
plication for a loan.
J. H. CANTELOU,
' Secretary-Treasurer.
Edgefield, S. C.
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