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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cows eating pumpkins -- was Ruth Stout
  • Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 08:37:53 -0600

Pigs love pumpkins too. Throw a bunch in a pigpen and time'em. They'll be
gone amazingly quick. Good nutrition too.

>Traditionally, the PA Dutch did not eat pumpkins -- they thought that they
>had no taste. Pumpkins were grown as winter fodder for the cows. I don't
>know if they are good for sheep, but instead of allowing your unsold
>pumpkins to rot, you might want to store them on racks (out of sun with
>good airflow) and give them to your cows as a winter treat.
>






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