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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

Date:   Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:38:06 -0500
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From: Tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT roanoke.infi.net>
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Subject: Re: New pasture & high tensile fences (fwd)
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Bevanron wrote:

> I just want to say that I am finding this thread to be intensely
> interesting, and it is one that I need for our own pasture...keep it
> going...btw..is there any animal that might become toxic from the
> chicory?  And I would also like to hear more about forage
> turnips..thanks
> --
> Bevanron of Rock Creek
> erthnsky AT bellsouth.net
> SISU! (Finnish--There is no single word in English that encompasses
> all that sisu means, but it combines the following ideas... guts, pep,
> determination, stubborness, perseverance, hardy, stamina, go, do, nerve,
> spunk, pluck, and grit.  It's like "Just Do It!" & "Go for It!")

>>>tvoivozhd---nope, nothing toxic about chicory.  It does seem to be an
acquired taste though.  It is isolated and largely untouched in our
pastures.  When planted in solid stands the cattle soon accept the
unaccustomed taste and will eat it almost as well as clover.