Proper Storage of Hides. — (Copyrighted; Reprint Forbidden.)
This is a point of very great importance. If many hides are kept on hand for any length of time before shipment, the difference in shrinkage between hides which are properly kept and those which are not so stored is very great. The careful storing and handling of hides will always repay the time and trouble necessary, not only in the weight of the hides, but in the condition in which they are marketed.
Hides should be kept in as cool a room as possible and all windows and doors should be kept closed, so as to have no circulation of air.