UTILISING BONES
CONVERSION INTO MANURE
A good way to utilise bones, if the (uantity available makes it worth while, is to pack them in a barrel with layers of wood ashes and keep he mass wet until soft enough to spread on the ground as manure. Any barrel, no matter how dirty, will do novided it does not leak. Put Gin ir Sin. of dry wood ashes in the bottom, then the same depth of bones, afterwards more ashes and more bones, in layers, until the cask is nearly full. Pour in sufficient water to cover the whole; close the cask and let it .stand for six months. The bones will then be soft and the mass may be dug out with a spado. If the material is too moist to conveniently distribute, lay it out
in a shed to dry. The ashes from burnt rubbish will do, but they must be kept dry until wanted. If email casks are used the process is longer, as less heat is generated.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 21 February 1931, Page 11
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170UTILISING BONES Hawera Star, Volume L, 21 February 1931, Page 11
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