Re: what type of forage? wheat and rye grass?

[Guest guest]

> > > What type of forage would I like to see the farmer growing

> > > in his / her pastures?

> > Good answer from the farmer, " It doesn't matter what type

> > of forage is growing in the pasture. "

> That certainly makes a lot of sense, but didn't WAP recommend

> wheat and rye grass for producing butter highest in

> activator X and soluble vitamins?

Hi :

Yes, he certainly did. Weston Price, however, was not a soil

scientist. It would seem likely to me that Price would have learned

much of what he knew of the relationship between soil fertility and

nutrition from Albrecht, who contributed both the preface to

the supplement and one chapter in the supplement to his book.

Thus, I don't think Price would have objected to expanding on his

information on crops by using the evidence produced by the soil

scientist, Albrecht. It's Albrecht's evidence, not Price's

evidence, that I used for my good answer from the farmer.

Needless to say, even rapidly growing, young wheat and rye grass

growing in low soil fertility would not produce butter highest in

activator X and soluble vitamins.

Chi

[Guest guest]

> Of course, but since every vegetable species has a unique

> nutritional profile, it seems logical and quite likely that,

> given a constant level of soil fertility -- even an ideal level

> of soil fertility -- certain forages will be more nutritious for

> cows and will yield beef and dairy that are more nutritious

> for humans.

Hi :

Not only do different vegetable species have different nutritional

profiles, but the same species grown in different soil fertility can

exhibit wide variations in nutritional profiles.

Your hypothesis that certain forages grown in constant soil fertility

or in ideal soil fertility will be more nutritious for cows and will

yield beef and dairy that are more nutritious for humans is

interesting. Since the best results would be expected from an ideal

level of soil fertility, would you please explain the physical

description of an ideal level of soil fertility? Do you have any

forages to suggest that would be more nutritious than other forages

for this purpose? Do you have any experimental evidence to support

this claim? What type of experiment would you design for the local Ag

college to test your hypothesis?

The evidence from Albrecht, at least at this point, suggests

to me that grazing animals choose their nutrition based on soil

fertility, not on the species of plant that happens to be growing

there.

Chi