Methodical instruction for the course ''Special chapters of TCM'' for students of specialties 281000 - ''Technology of leather and fur'' and 281001 - ''Ecology of production of leather, fur and consumer service enterprises''. The work includes the determination of the mechanical properties of fur sheepskin. Scope and content of work: sampling, preparation of samples for testing, determination of sample thickness, work on the bursting machine, determination of indicators of skin tissue during stretching . During the skin tensile test, the following indicators are determined: tensile load, elongation, tensile strength, full, residual and elastic elongation at a given voltage