Coalville Times | 1910-02-18 | Page 8 | Buttons Made from Hoofs

Buttons Made from Hoofs. At the big beef packing houses tha hoofs are assorted Into three grades, the white ones being used for a certain cer-tain grade of button closely resembling resem-bling the better quality of pearl buttons. but-tons. A striped hoof Is flattened Into a plate through pressure under heat and used In the manufacture of hairpins; hair-pins; striped hoofs are also used In the manufacture of buttona. Illack hoofs and boot scrap are used In the manufacture of cyanide and chrome. Scraps of hoofs ground up Into a fine powder make nitrogenous fertiliser fa-grapes fa-grapes and other crops.