This section is from the book "The Manufacture Of Boots And Shoes: Being A Modern Treatise Of All The Processes Of Making And Manufacturing Footgear", by F. Y. Golding. Also available from Amazon: The Manufacture Of Boots And Shoes.
The skins of the young ones are often used for boots and shoes ; but, owing to the fact that the bellies and flanks only are suitable for this purpose, it makes a very dear cutting leather.
* This term is also used to denote a thirty-skin parcel of such as skivers., chamois, etc.
 
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