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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V3 #407
Thanks for all the feedback. I know that working to solve problems gets
you a lot further than just standing around and bitching about them.
At 03:48 AM 7/25/98 -0400, Beverly Erlebacher wrote:
>The big problem is that while aquatic plants are very high in protein
>on a dry weight basis, they are very low in dry weight. It's uneconomic
>to haul them to the animals, but if you don't do the feeding well away
>from the body of water, the nutrients get washed back in from the manure,
>which may or may not be the opposite of what you want.
I am suggesting hog pens on the banks for the waterway. Some waste may
wash back in, true, but nitrogen removed in the way of ham will be removed
permanently.
> It's also very
>labor- and/or energy-intensive to get the plants out of the water.
I would think appropriate technology (poled flat-bottom boats with large
attached drifts of plant material, manned by CCC-type folks who would
otherwise be unemployed) could get the plants to the hogs pretty easily.
Comments?
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