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From: chen@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: fertilizers and a small flame
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Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 16:54:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 19 16:54:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA!chen    Sep 19 15:54:00 1985



> Aren't there any people on the net who grew up on a farm?
> 
> I grew up in South Dakota, yet not on a farm, and even I know
> that the only fecal matter that's suitable for fertilizing
> is manure from herbivores (animals that only eat plants/grass).
> Carnivore (animals that eat meat) feces is not good for anything.
> 
> This is why cow/sheep/goat (herbivores) manure is used to fertilize
> gardens and lawns, and dog/cat (carnivores) poop causes brown rings and
> dead spots on your lawn.
> 
  I am no expert in fertilizers, but I do know for a fact that
in south-eastern Asia it is common practice to use the composted manure
of pigs, which are omnivores, as fertilizer.

Kaihu Chen
{ihnp4,vonvex,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!chen
chen!uiuc@cs-net.arpa
chen@uiuc.arpa
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


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