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  • From: "Charles de Matas" <cdematas@hotmail.com>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] Pet wastes....manure
  • Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:56:41 +0000

Thanks LL,
I think I will get my pickup fixed soon, I'm waiting a little for my mechanic to get a tool he needs. Anyway the chicken farm doesn;t have a loader, they look like a small old operation, I only see a few workers there, probably family run. They have the manure in bags so I would prefer to move smaller amounts at a time.
Arsenic?!!??? why would they add arsenic to the chicken feed? Is it something that's added my the farmers, or is it already in the feed that they buy?
For the rock dust I'll probably think of hiring a truck. The smallest amount they sell is about 1 cu.m. Last time I got my brother to transport some in his pickup but it was too heavy. It's from rock that;s mostly limestone I think. I'll have to pay for it though. Someone had the bright idea of using the dust as an ingredient in concrete blocks. What a waste, it is probably more useful in amending soil. But I don;t mind paying for it. Don't want to buy too much dust at one time either. If I don't used it right away, neighbours will come and take it and use it to fill holes in their driveway.
What's the name of the test you mentioned? What does it test for?


Charles

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