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How to tan sheep pelts with kerosene and baking soda for a cost of less the $2 and three hours of labor.
COUNTRYSIDE Jun 1978 (v.62#6) pg. 41

How to handle a sheepskin properly. Includes instructions for fleshing on a beam, drying and storing.
COUNTRYSIDE Nov 1978 (v.62#11) pg. 47

Basic rules on tanning rabbit hides.
COUNTRYSIDE Mar 1979 (v.63#3) pg. 38

How to tan sheepskins.
COUNTRYSIDE May 1980 (v.64#5) pg. 31

Tanning Angora pelts. This recipe, the "Canadian Home Recipe", can also be used for lamb hides.
COUNTRYSIDE Sep 1980 (v.64#9) pg. 43

How to preserve (tan) sheepskins with the kerosene-soda method.
COUNTRYSIDE Jan 1983 (v.67#1) pg. 33

Rabbit hide tanning recipe uses alum.
COUNTRYSIDE May 1983 (v.67#5) pg. 35

Tanning methods for Angora goat skins with the hair left on.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Mar-Apr 1987 (v.71#2) pg. 55

Method for tanning sheep and goat hides as taught by the Shoshone Indians.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL May-Jun 1987 (v.71#3) pg. 6

A simple method of tanning rabbit skins.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL May-Jun 1989 (v.73#3) pg. 19
Added Info COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1989 (v.73#6) pg. 19

An inexpensive method for tanning sheepskins.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Jul-Aug 1989 (v.73#4) pg. 43

How to tan hides. Includes recipe for a solution that makes fleshing easier.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Sep-Oct 1993 (v.77#5) pg. 62

Two ways to tan leather, an Indian method and an alum method.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1993 (v.77#6) pg. 55

Tanning animal skins. A variety of techniques described.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1999 (v.83#6) pg. 75

How to tan a snakeskin and make it into a hat band.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL May-Jun 2002 (v.86#3) pg. 46

How to care for, purchase and tan snakeskin.
LEATHER CRAFTERS & SADDLERS JOURNAL May-Jun 1994 (v.4#3) pg. 26

Reptile skin tanning described. Includes instructions for making a rattlesnake skin, with rattles attached, into a hat band.
LEATHER CRAFTERS & SADDLERS JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1996 (v.6#6) pg. 55

How I skinned and tanned a water snake.
LEATHER CRAFTERS JOURNAL Mar-Apr 1991 (v.1#2) pg. 12

How to tan and utilize sheep, rabbit, goat and other fur-bearing animal skins.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #36 Nov 1975 pg. 42, 45, 47

How to tan snake skin and eat the meat.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #69 May-Jun 1981 pg. 86

How to tan rabbit hides.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #79 Jan-Feb 1983 pg. 78

Recipe for tanning rabbit fur.
WEAVER'S JOURNAL #31 Winter 1983-84 (v.8#3) pg. 16

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