When I said artificially I obviously wasn't being precise enough with the statement. I'm a mechanic by trade, not a livestock farmer, so by saying artificially I meant that nowdays cows, along with the majority of other types of animals typically raised for human consumption,, are routinely given growth harmones, fed with enhanced feed, etc in ordeer to fatten them up as quickly as possible. I understand the reasoning behind this is to get the product to market as quickly and as profitiably as possible. Still a cow fattened to sale weight on growth harmons, enhanced feed, etc isn't going to be as old or have as thick of a hide as one that has been put out to pasture for several years before being sold. As I said I'm not a farmer so I don't have a clue as to how long it takes a cow to form a hide of any specific thickness, all I know is based on what I was told by the supplier as well as by comments made on here so far, cows butchered sooner in life than others tend to have thinner hides.....Thus the problem coming up with thicker, single pieces of leather suitable for belting....
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