Alfred Seymour Jones
Published: 2017-12-15
Total Pages: 412
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Excerpt from The Sheep and Its Skin: A Text-Book of the History, Breeds, Feeding, Diseases, and Afflictions of the Sheep; And of the Pelt and Wool Conservation, Fellmongering and Wet-Work Treatment of the Pelt Prior to Tanning The wisdom up against a rainy day. - horace. IN the ensuing chapters of this volume it is the author's intention to treat of matters, hitherto neglected, but nevertheless of great importance for the successful production of sheepskin leathers. It would be unreasonable to assume that the information given represents any complete or final dictum on this all important question, as the main Object of the book is to provide a ground matrix in the literature of the subject to stimulate trained and well-equipped observers to devote some of their energies to the elucidation of the most interesting problems presented by the sheep and its skin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.