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    Different Methods of Preservation of Hides and Skins

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    Different methods are used to preserve hides and skins after removal from the animal. Preservation can be done through air drying or salting. Air drying involves hanging or laying hides to dry in the sun and air, while salting preserves hides by drawing moisture out of the hides through absorption of salt. Wet salting soaks hides in a brine solution for days before draining and drying, while dry salting applies salt directly to stacked hides and allows air drying to remove remaining moisture over time. Proper preservation immediately after removal prevents bacterial growth that can deteriorate hides.

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    Different methods are used to preserve hides and skins after removal from the animal. Preservation can be done through air drying or salting. Air drying involves hanging or laying hides to dry in the sun and air, while salting preserves hides by drawing moisture out of the hides through absorption of salt. Wet salting soaks hides in a brine solution for days before draining and drying, while dry salting applies salt directly to stacked hides and allows air drying to remove remaining moisture over time. Proper preservation immediately after removal prevents bacterial growth that can deteriorate hides.

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    Different methods are used to preserve hides and skins after removal from the animal. Preservation can be done through air drying or salting. Air drying involves hanging or laying hides to dry in the sun and air, while salting preserves hides by drawing moisture out of the hides through absorption of salt. Wet salting soaks hides in a brine solution for days before draining and drying, while dry salting applies salt directly to stacked hides and allows air drying to remove remaining moisture over time. Proper preservation immediately after removal prevents bacterial growth that can deteriorate hides.

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    Different methods are used to preserve hides and skins after removal from the animal. Preservation can be done through air drying or salting. Air drying involves hanging or laying hides to dry in the sun and air, while salting preserves hides by drawing moisture out of the hides through absorption of salt. Wet salting soaks hides in a brine solution for days before draining and drying, while dry salting applies salt directly to stacked hides and allows air drying to remove remaining moisture over time. Proper preservation immediately after removal prevents bacterial growth that can deteriorate hides.

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    Different methods of preservation of hides and skins.

    Hide and skin may leave the abattoir premises in either green or preserved form. Green skin or
    hide is the term used for hide or skin that have been flayed, fleshed, trimmed and washed.
    Preservation of hide or skin is done by suspension drying or by curing i.e., salting. As most of
    the hide substance is protein, which forms good nutrient for bacteria, all that is needed for
    them to develop is time and favorable temperature. Contamination with blood, manure or dirt
    will increase bacterial growth. The deterioration, which occurs during the curing of hides and
    skins may be attributed to the fact that the bacterial growth was not checked in time.
    The two main methods of preservation are air-drying and salting. To get good qualities of the
    hide and skin, preservation should be done immediately.
    The basic principle of preservation lies in creating conditions where bacterial flora cannot
    multiply, which can be achieved by immediate delivery of the hides and skins to the tannery.
    Reducing moisture to the point where bacterial growth stops can also be done by exposing the
    hides and skins to free air circulation. Another method is by absorption through salt, as this
    alongside penetration of salt into hide substance acts as a kind of dehydration.
    a) Air drying
    i) Ground drying
    It consists of stretching the hide with the flesh side up. It is the cheapest and the most
    easily adoptable method. However, there may be problems of hair-slip and blisters due to
    incipient putrefaction of epidermis and hair follicles. In summer, the hides become
    wrinkled and thus, fetch only half the value of salt cured hides and skins.
    ii) Suspension drying
    This is also simple, cheap and effective. It allows free circulation of air as the sunrays strikes
    the hides and skins, and cooling of hides take place rapidly. This makes the hide lighter,
    which makes transportation cheaper.
    iii) Frame drying
    This is done on an angled frame, that is oriented towards the sun. It is more suitable for
    sheep and goat skin. The skin is spread on horizontal cords with their flesh side up.
    b) Salting
    i) Wet salting
    It can be done by preparing a curing solution consisting of pure salt which should be 23% of
    the hide weight and water which should be 62% of the hide weight. A saturated brine
    solution can also be used. The hides are soaked in the solution in a pit of 1.25 meters for a
    few dies. The hides are then kept on a slatted platform for draining. During wet salting a
    green hide will lose approximately 35% of water but takes up 6% salt, the final weight from
    this process will thus be, 71% of wet salted hide.
    ii) Dry salting
    This process consists of only a few days of salting, followed by air-drying. It is widely used in
    tropical countries. Salt packing helps in initial removal of moisture, the remaining is removed
    by exposure to air. The store should have a temperature of about 15 degree Celsius, and a
    relative humidity of 85-90% with good ventilation and slated flatform. The hides flesh side is
    stacked up and fine salt is applied evenly. Stacking should not be more than one meter in
    height. 55% of the total hide will turn into finished goods, which is an approximate
    calculation that can be affected by many variations.

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