To preserve the skin of an animal requires several preservation steps known collectively as tanning. It involves the curing of the hide in salt, soaking, washing and de-hairing if necessary and the final tanning, usually with Chromium III. This whole process serves the purpose of restructuring the collagen protein particles in the hide, thereby preserving …
Animals
Why waste money on chemical sprays? Try this homemade fly spray. If you are a homesteader like me, you look at the ingredients on the back of the store bought fly sprays and wonder what you are spraying on your animal. I tried recipe after recipe until I settled on this homemade fly spray. It …