Geographical Conditions of Manufacture 
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Tare TanNING INDUSTRY 
Raw MATERIALS Processes By-Probucts Probucts 
l. HIDES AND SKINS 
a Cattle hides 
b Horse hides 
¢ Goat skins 
d Calf skins 
e Colt skins 
f Sheep skins 
7 Pig skins 
2. Water ... 
3. Lime ...... 
V ashing 
_iming 
{airing 
3 
. Hair 
Fleshing .. .2. Flesh . . 
De-liming... 3. Ammonia . 
.. Bark ..... 
a Hemlock 
b Oak 
¢ Sumac 
d Mangrove 
e Cutch 
Salt . 
Tannip- 
5. 
65. Dyes .. 
"ashing 
ying 
-reing 
“1nishinge 
Leather: 
+ Sole leather 
Morocco 
Calfskin 
Russian 
Patent 
Crown 
Seal 
% Buckskin 
Grain. etc. 
UsEs 
Plaster, mattresses, 
felt 
Glue, fertilizer 
Chemical works, 
household uses 
Shoes 
Bookbinding 
Traveling bags 
Pocket-books 
filoves 
Automobiles 
Furniture 
Harness 
Saddles 
“0. Belts 
11. Hose. etc. 
This diagram was made by a boy from the notes taken at a tanning factory. 
With the help of commercial geographies and an encyclopedia, he then traced 
each of the raw materials to its source, and under two new headings at the left 
of the diagram wrote the country of origin and the source of the product. 
He found, for example, that goat skins usually come from semi-arid countries 
where the grass is too meager or too coarse for sheep or cattle. Hence in 
the two additional columns, opposite the words * Goat skins.” he made these 
antries * 
CouNTRY OF ORIGIN Source oF Propuct 
Semi-arid and often poverty- Goats — hardy animals that 
stricken countries, like India, can live on coarse and meager 
\lexico, Turkey, and Algeria food 
The boy found that the leather tanned at this factory is mostly sold to shoe 
factories and automobile factories in Massachusetts and Michigan. Hence, 
after the list of finished products he added another column at the right, 
headed ‘ Distribution.” in which he wrote this information.