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Re: [Homestead] Butchering a hog -

From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>
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Subject: Re: [Homestead] Butchering a hog -
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:30:20 -0800

Makes great leather and in that case you want to skin the hogs. That's what we did with the hides.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>

The other thing to remember is that unless you are going to eat the
skin, you can just skin the hog. I'd rather scrape and use the skin,
but a lot of people would never use it anyway.

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