Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1919 — Bark for Tanning. [ARTICLE]

Bark for Tanning.

Quebracho bark, one of the chief exports of the Argentine, will tan leather at least three times as fast as the bark of the oak or the hemlock. The growth of the tree is of the slowest, and it is estimated that tv thousand years are required for it to reach maturity.