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July 8, 1912
Norwich Bulletin
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
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French mountaineers raise penned kids to produce blemish-free, soft skins for high-quality kid gloves, preventing grass diets that coarsen texture; this practice ensures France's lead in fine glove production.
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One of the important industries of France is the raising of kids for their skins, which are used for glove making. This work is carried on chiefly by the mountaineers, says Harper's Weekly. Softness, delicacy of texture and freedom from blemish are principal factors in the value of kid skins and to secure these essentials great pains are taken.
As soon as the young animal begins to eat grass the value of its skin declines, for with a grass diet the kid's skin immediately becomes coarser and harder in texture and its chief merit thus vanishes. It is, therefore, kept closely penned, not only to prevent it from eating grass, but also protect its valuable skin against accidental injuries that might impair its marketability.
When the kids have attained a certain age, at which the skins are in the best condition for the use of the glover, they are killed and the hides are sold to dealers. The superior quality of these kid skins, due somewhat to climatic conditions, is what has given France the supremacy in the manufacture of the finest grades of real kid gloves, a supremacy that will doubtless long be maintained, inasmuch as foreign manufacturers must rest content with second class skins.
One of the important industries of France is the raising of kids for their skins, which are used for glove making. This work is carried on chiefly by the mountaineers, says Harper's Weekly. Softness, delicacy of texture and freedom from blemish are principal factors in the value of kid skins and to secure these essentials great pains are taken.
As soon as the young animal begins to eat grass the value of its skin declines, for with a grass diet the kid's skin immediately becomes coarser and harder in texture and its chief merit thus vanishes. It is, therefore, kept closely penned, not only to prevent it from eating grass, but also protect its valuable skin against accidental injuries that might impair its marketability.
When the kids have attained a certain age, at which the skins are in the best condition for the use of the glover, they are killed and the hides are sold to dealers. The superior quality of these kid skins, due somewhat to climatic conditions, is what has given France the supremacy in the manufacture of the finest grades of real kid gloves, a supremacy that will doubtless long be maintained, inasmuch as foreign manufacturers must rest content with second class skins.
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Curiosity
What keywords are associated?
Kid Gloves
France
Mountaineers
Kid Skins
Glove Making
Where did it happen?
France
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France
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The French industry raises kids penned to prevent grass eating and injuries, ensuring soft skins for superior kid gloves; kids are killed at optimal age for hides sold to dealers, maintaining France's supremacy in fine glove manufacture.