Do Not Waste Bones

The bones of tish, bones of fowls, the large and small piet-es of bones which are purchased witli beefstakc and matton constitute the very best food fov fruit trees and grape vines, if tlie fragments are only placed whero the roots can lay hold óf them. Instead of allowing pieees of bones to be cast into the backyard, as food for stray dogs and strange cats, domestics ghould be directed to deposit every thing of the sort in a small tul) provided with a lid. Aa cnrr aa nnlv q. fpvv nolindfi hüVe cumulatcd, we take the tub to some grape vine or fruit tree, dig a hole three or more feet long, a foot or two wide, and not less Ihan a foot deep, into which the bones are dumped, spread over the bottom of tlie excavation, and covered with the soil. The more the fragmente can be spread around, the better. But they should bc buried so deep that a 'plow or spade will not Tpuch them. The roots of firrowinff vines or fruit trees will soon íind the valuable mine oí rich fertility, and will feed on the elements that will greatly promote the growth of hcalthy wood, and the development of fair and luscious fruit. horticulturists and farmers purchase bone dust eosting not less than two cents a pound, simply to enrich thc soil around and beneath their trees and vines. Fragmen.s of bones are just as valuable as groundbone, although their elements of fertility will not be found available in so short a time as if the large pieces were reduced to small atoms. Nevertheless, if large bones be buried three or four feet from a grapevine, the countless numbers of mouths at the end of roots will soon dissolve, take up, and appropriate every partiële. When cast out of the kitchen door, bones are like a nuisance; whereas, if properly buried, they become a source of valuable fertility. Let every person who owns a grapevine or fruit tree save all the bones that pass through the kitchen, and bury them where such worthless material will be turned lo some profit.