Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1920 — Rat Skins for Leather. [ARTICLE]

Rat Skins for Leather.

Several rat skins, tanned by a well known naturalist, have been used In making a pair of gloves, though the prepared skins are rather thin and fragile. Some years ago thousands of rat skins were .imported from France and made into leather, but the manufacture was not a commercial success. A pair of shoes made from the skin of the rat proved as soft as the finest kid, but it took six skins to make one pah. only the backs being strong enough for use.