100 USE OF BONE MANURE. 



furnish, when eaten by the cow, so rich or so abun* 

 dant milk 



All of these uses of bones which have been de 

 scribed, are understood and appreciated in England; 

 so much so. that the bones are all collected with most 

 scrupulous care, and are even imported from every other 

 country where they can be advantageously obtained. 

 It is to be hoped that the great waste of them in this 

 country may soon cease, and that they will be eagerly 

 sought after by American farmers. 



Thus much as to the fertilizing value of the various 

 parts of animals: we enter, in the next chapter, an 

 other most important department of animal manures. 



