I don't think wallets unless genetic engineering has made cows with
polyvinyl chloride exteriors. How about chewies for dogs? Almost
certainly pigs' ears for that.
Brian
On 04/02/2011 08:54, Inge Hernefjord wrote:
> George's answer is probably correct.
> If we leave the joking side of the question and ask seriously what's
> the largest use of cowhide, I guess it may be wallets. At first I thought of
> shoes, but hundreds of millions of people do not use leather shoes. And then
> I thought of sofas, but I think it's a minority that can afford leather
> sofas. Ladie's handbags then? No. Belts? No. But I guess nearly all wallets
> are made of skin or leather. Billions of wallets, how many cows are needed
> to cover that ?
>
> Inge
>
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>> I was told by a friend that the greatest worldwide use of cowhide is to
>> cover cows of course.
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