Identifier: reportofcommissi001902 (find matches)
Title: Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: United States Comission of Fish and Fisheries
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^ givi^^R the skinthat peculiar eftect which makes it so popular for leather purposes. There are several distinct varieties of alligator skins on the markets,the most important being the Floridian, Louisianan, and Mexican; a Shoelaces, by R. G Salomon, 188G, p. 21. Report U. S. F. C. 1902. Plate 36.
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ALLIGATOR SKINS, UNDER-SURFACE AND HORN-BACK. UTILIZATION OF THE SKINS OF AQUATIC ANIMALS. 848 each differs from the others in certain well-detined characteristics, andowing- to these differences each variety has its special uses. The Florida skins arc longer in the body—that is, from the forelegs to the hind legs—than those from Louisiana and Mexico, andconsequently they are largely in demand by manufacturers of largehandbags. They also have a number of so-called buttons or cornmarks on the inside or under surface of an equal number of thescutes, resulting from embedded horn-like tissues in the center of thosescales. These increase the difficulty in tanning the skins and detractsomewhat from the appearance of the finished article, and for thisreason the Florida skins are ordinarily the cheapest on the market.The farther south the skins are secured in Florida the greater thenumber of corn marks, and those from the vicinity of Key Westare almost valueless on this account. The Louis

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