dcsimg

Bone Meal

By The Old House Web
Bone meal is used as a high phosphorus fertilizer, containing upward of 30 percent. Most bone meal is a steamed type, containing one to two (1 to 2) percent nitrogen in addition to the phosphorus.

Most of the bones used in bone meal come from packing and slaughter houses.


Articles in this collection were copyrighted 1995 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For full copyright information about the articles in this encyclopedia, click here.


Search Improvement Project