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bone meal, finely ground bone used as a fertilizer for its content of phosphate and nitrogen (about 23%–30% available phosphate and 2%–4% nitrogen); it is an expensive form of phosphoric acid when compared with superphosphates superphosphate or superphosphate of lime, Ca(H₂PO₄)₂, is a compound produced by treating rock phosphate with sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid, or a mixture of the two.
..... Click the link for more information. . Bone meal is also fed to farm animals to supply needed mineral food constituents, e.g., calcium and phosphorus.

bone meal [′bōn ‚mēl]

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A substance made by grinding animal bones; steamed meal, made from pressure-steamed bones, is used as a fertilizer; raw meal is used in animal feed.

Bone Meal

a mineral additive in feed for farm animals made by processing the bones from slaughtered animals. It is made by grinding bones that are defatted by organic solvents and deglutinated by steam. Bone meal is rich in minerals, particularly calcium (245 g in 1 kg of feed) and phosphorus (118 g). For cattle, 40–100 g of bone meal are added to the ration, and for small animals, 8–20 g. Bone meal constitutes up to 1 percent of the weight of mixed feeds.

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If you want to plant shrubs underneath, prepare the planting hole by making it bigger than the root ball of the plant and incorporate compost and bonemeal.

Three Ways To.. by Birmingham Mail (England)

If you feel that it is necessary, you can give them a light application of a balanced general fertiliser such as Growmore or fish, blood and bonemeal to aid the recovery.

Do it this week . . . Note book by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

I gave it a richly endowed patch, lined with compost, old cowdung and bonemeal and am hopeful that, for the first time, it may burst into flower in late spring.

Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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