[GSBN] Suitablity of fresh cowdung supplies from feedlots for natural plasters

[Tracy Vogel]

Andy,

Sounds like a great project.  I would love to receive the PDF.

And feed lot cow dung is fine.  I¹ve used it with success.  The main thing
to consider are any antibiotics or other drugs/supplements they receive.

Cheers
Tracy


On 4/19/11 11:44 PM, "forum at lamaisonenpaille.com"
<forum at lamaisonenpaille.com> wrote:

>    Hello Andy,
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>  I would like to receive your pdf on your traditional plaster.
>  I only once used cow manure (in India) and was very happy with the result.
> But they were very free roaming indian cows ;-)
>  
>  Bye,
>  André 
>  France
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>  Le 19/04/2011 15:12, Andy Horn a écrit :
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>> Hi all
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>> I am busy with 3 large straw bale public building, coating in a thick dipping
>> of earth plaster and well worked in to the bales, which we are protecting
>> with 2 top coats of lime, sand, cow dung and clay water plaster using a
>> recipe I learnt from an old builder Herbert whom was taught it by his
>> grandfather for the plastering of the adobe buildings of his old Moravian
>> mission town.
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>> We are having a bit of difficulty getting sufficient supplies of fresh cow
>> dung near our site in Johannesburg, however we have located a nearby feedlot,
>> where the stuff is readily available only thing is that I are wondering if
>> this kind of cow dung would still be suitable Š.as I imagine it would have
>> less fibre than cow dung sourced from free ranging cattle. Apparently the
>> cows at the feeding station are fed on about 10% hay/grass and 90% grain.
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>> What Herbert our old heritage builder tells us is that it should be fine so
>> long as they are fed some fibre and that indeed he has made use of such cow
>> dung before and one cannot even tell the difference. For him the more
>> important thing is that the cow dung is fresh Ši.e. no more than 3 days old.
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>> So anyhow I was wondering if any of you lot out there have any with
>> experience in using feed-lot cow dung for their plasters and if you have come
>> up against similar issues in terms of what the cows get to eat affecting the
>> quality of the cow dung before and if you have any opinions/experience with
>> this.
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>> Incidentally the plaster mix that we get with this receipt is particularly
>> good. It is both very strong and extremely durable as well as being
>> particularly forgiving and really easy to work with as lime plasters
>> typically go. 
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>> So if any of you are interested I could email you a pdf document directly (
>> please respond to me separately on andy at ecodesignarchitects.co.za Š.do not
>> reply to the whole mailing group) that I have written up on the processŠas I
>> am not sure I can mail it to this address directŠ.unless you want me upload
>> it somewhere. Joyce I would be more than  happy for you to print it up in a
>> forthcoming ³Last Straw² magazine too.
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>> cheers
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>> Andy
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