"Write to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. for Farmers' Bulletin No. 1055 entitled "Country Hides and Skins; Skinning, Curing and Marketing" which gives full information on the subject. The farmer who follows these directions will be enabled to sell hides that will produce good leather. Farmers' Bulletin 1183 on "Care of Leather" may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., for five cents in coin."--Pages 3 and 4