Re: Re: lacto-fermented hay? Fertility Pastures

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At 03:57 PM 10/5/02 +0000, you wrote:

>>I read a book written in Britain in the 1950s (I think)

>called " Fertility Pastures and Cover Crops: Based on Nature's own

>Balanced Organic Pasture Feeds " (by Newman ). I believe it is

>out of print now, although I would be thrilled if I was found to be

>wrong. It was about a dairy farmer who would use combinations of

>certain plants and dairy cows to turn barren ground into very fertile

>soil. He was committed to not feeding the cows anything but grass (he

>found it to be cheaper in the long run the way he did things). He

>developed a complex system of piling up certain grasses/legumes and

>packing it down in certain ways and letting his cows eat it. I don't

>think he ever gave his cows anything but this fermented-pasture and

>fresh kale in the winter. His cows loved it and he never had to serve

>hay up to his cows (I'm pretty sure) because it was a self-serve

>operation. He had healthy soil, healthy milk, healthy cows, and less

>actual labor and cost than most people. There are black and white

>pictures of his cows, his fermented-pasture operation, and his farms

>(he actually healed the soil and turned it into a producing dairy

>farm in several different locations I believe, but I'm not sure). I

>have found many good books on organic farming before, but this one is

>the coolest. It has pasture recipes (usually with more than five

>different plant seed combinations) for a variety of climates and

>seasons. The recipes we would use in my area of Oklahoma would be the

>Drought and Fall recipes (and maybe the Spring recipe). Anybody who

>has an animal or plans to get an animal that eats grass should read

>this book. You might have to do some real digging find this book, but

>I think you will find the digging to be worth it. I learned so much

>from this book.    

Found 4 copies at addall.com They're all imported through U.S. booksellers.

Tried title in books and used books. Got nothing. Put author in books,

nothing.

Author in used books brought up all s. Newman quite a ways down page

with

title listed as Fertility Farming. Click match this title to get sources of 4

copies.

Now you got me intrigued with another book when I need to be selling the

ones I

don't want anymore or buying food...LOL

Wanita

P.S. Addall.com is the best place to find a book and to price compare that I

know of.