Show biome made our farmers have long since re tho of manures natural as well aa artificial they are using about as much as alicy can save and como even have recourse to deficiencies im ported fertilizers A few years ago several of our leading agricultural journals were loud in their praise of what is ballod a fertilizer and advised farmers to save all be old bones and uso them for this purpose that is a valuable fertilizer no one doubts but the idea that it can bo made at homo cheaper than it can bo purchased of the regular manufacturer seems to have been pretty well discarded of late years after a farmer has onca ned am hands at reducing a few hundred pounds of old hard bonea to a powder without the aid of a bone mill orhal attempted to dia solve them with sulphuric acid a liquid almost aa dangerous to have about or handle as molten iron be is usually satisfied to let alio old bone RO to the dogs and purchase whatever ho may need about tho arm pr garden |