Uses Of Dead Horses

The tail and mane are especially valuable and from these are made the hair cloth of commerce. The leg bones are very hard and white and are used for ïandles ol pocket and table cutlery. The ribs and head are burned to make bone black, after they have been treated for the glue that is in them. The ate of lime, acted upon by ■ acid and calcined with carbon, pro„i - phosp-horus for lucifer matches. The short halr taken from the hide ia used to stuff cushions and horse collars; thus the dead are made to minister to the comfort of the living. There Is an animal oil yielded in the cooking process which is a deadly poison, and enters into the composition of many insecticides and vermifuges. The hide furnishes a waterproof leather known to the trade as cordovan, and is used for the manufacture of high-class hunting and wading boots. In the calcining of horses' bones the vapors arising are condensed and form the chief source of carbonate of amtnonia, whieh constitutes the base of nearly all ammoniacal salta. The hoofs of the animal aro removed and after being boiled to extract the oil Trom them the horny substance is shipped to the manufacturera of combs and what are known as Mikado goods. The bones to make glue are dissolved in muriatic acid, which takes the phosptoate of linie away, the soft element retaining the shape of the bone is dissolved in boiling water, cast into squares and dried on neta.