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Sounds like a great project. I would love to receive the PDF.<BR>
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And feed lot cow dung is fine. I’ve used it with success. The main thing to consider are any antibiotics or other drugs/supplements they receive.<BR>
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Tracy<BR>
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On 4/19/11 11:44 PM, "<a href="forum@lamaisonenpaille.com">forum@lamaisonenpaille.com</a>" <<a href="forum@lamaisonenpaille.com">forum@lamaisonenpaille.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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I would like to receive your pdf on your traditional plaster.<BR>
I only once used cow manure (in India) and was very happy with the result. But they were very free roaming indian cows ;-)<BR>
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Bye,<BR>
André <BR>
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Le 19/04/2011 15:12, Andy Horn a écrit : <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>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 ….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.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>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 …i.e. no more than 3 days old. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>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.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>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. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>So if any of you are interested I could email you a pdf document directly ( please respond to me separately on <a href="andy@ecodesignarchitects.co.za">andy@ecodesignarchitects.co.za</a> ….do not reply to the whole mailing group) that I have written up on the process…as I am not sure I can mail it to this address direct….unless you want me upload it somewhere. Joyce I would be more than happy for you to print it up in a forthcoming “Last Straw” magazine too.<BR>
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