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 .

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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.