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Show ' . Use for Old, Boot Soles. Many devices have been suggested for'fhe utilization .of old army boot soles, the chief being concerned-. w'irh fuel production. But a periodical, the ; Fertilizer, proposes to use -them for .stimulating the growth of beans and peas. The plan suggested is that of carbonizing part of the leather into lamp black and extracting sulphate of ammonia from "the residue. It sounds rather like putting one's foot in one's mouth ; but even that is a way of making both ends meet. London Chronicle. I |