100 USE OF BONE MAN17RE 



turn is! , when eaten by the cow, so rich 01 so abun 

 dant milk 



A]J of these uses of bones which have been tie- 

 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. 



