Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1885 — The Bone Industry. [ARTICLE]

The Bone Industry.

The bone industry of the country is an important one. The four feet of auordinary ox will make a pint of neatsfoot oil. Not a bone of any animal is thrown away. 'Many cattle shin bones are shipped to Ltirope for the making of kn fe*handles, where they .bring S4O per ton, and are made into collar buttons, parasol handles, end jewelry, though sheep’s legs are the staple for parasol handles. The water in which the bones are boiled is reduced to glue, the dust which comes from sawing the bones is fed to cattle and poultry, and all bones that cannot lie used as noted, or for bone black, used in refining the sugar we eat, are turned into fertilizers and made to help enrich the so L As regards waste, ifis the story of the pig. Nothing is lost except the squeal.— Pheladelphia Press.