The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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Utilizing Bones; Hen Manure 
T been me very much interested in t he 
article under “Hope Farm Notes," page 
4C>, about utilizing waste bones. I would 
be glad to receive your advice and opinion 
of the following: I am a poultryinun, 
living on 12 acres of land, which [ own. 
I keep 800 laying bens the year around. 
If I bought machinery to grind tin waste 
bones, also purchased potash and nitrate 
of soda, or used hen manure and potash, 
would I realize any profit on tny invest¬ 
ment? 1 live in a thickly settled country 
section, and live one-fourth mile from a 
town of 1,000 population. What, would 
this machinery cost me? Do you think 
1 could gather enough bones to make this 
pay? . k. 
New York. 
such 
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Save the bird in hand ■— 
Others may be hard to catch 
With enough money, enough time 
and enough luck, a man may get back 
the health he has lost—or part of it. 
It takes patience, too. And then 
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It’s better to save what you have 
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Much of the loss of health is due to 
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times and right meals at wrong times 
load the long-suffering digestive organs 
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< >f course no one can answer 
questions bettor than you can. An outfit 
for grinding, sifting and mixing would 
cost not far from $250. Naturally wo 
cannot toll bow many bones are to be 
found in your neighborhood. The aver¬ 
age family will supply about. 250 lbs. 
each year, but few people now think of 
saving them. You will have to investi¬ 
gate this for yourself. You can make a 
good fertilizer by mixing crushed bone, 
nitrate of soda, dried hen manure and 
potash. Properly mixed, it would be 
abotlt as good as anything you could buy. 
It would be necessary to have a license, 
and your fertilizer will have to be anal¬ 
yzed by the State agents. The hen 
manure must be fully dried and ground 
fine before mixing. \Ve believe there is 
a good business in this for a man who 
will study it out and is a good salesman. 
The profit will come in selling the hen 
manure at a good price as a fertilizer. 
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The Poplar and Willow Borer 
Could you help me out with some in¬ 
formation in regard to a pesr that is 
working on my poplar trees? This is 
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into crevices of the trunk a few feet from 
the ground. < »n the ground under where 
they are working is a pile of borings. 
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The poplar and willow borer is another 
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HUGHES- HUBAM -ALABAMA 
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Smith : “No doubt upnoarancp luis a 
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