Makes great leather and in that case you want to skin the hogs. That's what
we did with the hides.
Lynda
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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.
Re: [Homestead] Butchering a hog - was Wood for Smoking Meats
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