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- From: claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird)
- Subject: Re: Growing fodder..
- Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:08:13 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov12.154101.21237@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1e961uINN4v3@morrow.stanford.edu> <1992Nov18.090359.5839@news.Hawaii.Edu>
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- In article <1992Nov18.090359.5839@news.Hawaii.Edu> yee@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jonathan Yee) writes:
- > Anybody have any experience growing fodder for farm animals?
- >Lately, for my newly established duck & goose enterprise I have decided to
- >try to grow my own feed -- at least as a supplement. I've so far sown
- >clover, alfalfa, & buckwheat seeds purchased at a health food store.
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- I haven't raised waterfowl, and I've never been to
- Hawaii, but I'd guess you've made some good choices.
- Acquaintances with geese and ducks report they're
- generally low-maintenance sorts of friends to have,
- and not difficult to feed. My recollection is that
- they do well (even) on lower-grade rations than the
- ones you've started. On the horticultural side,
- clover, alfalfa, and buckwheat are all easy for
- first-timers--they germinate easily, stand well,
- crowd out weeds, and generate LOTS of green growth.
- Also, they are among the forages whose seeds are
- easiest to collect without mechanization.
-
- Follow-ups to misc.rural and rec.gardens, I suggest.
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- Mmmmmm, I'm pining already for the fragrance of
- cut clover ...
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- Cameron Laird
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