BONE MEAL

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.

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