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Re: Bringing life to a big dam. (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 11:38:09 -1000
From: Bob Faust <drfist@ilhawaii.net>
To: sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu
Subject: Re: Bringing life to a big dam. (fwd)
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>Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 20:43:51 WST
>From: Warwick Rowell <warwick@bettong.EEPO.com.au>
>Reply-To: warwick.rowell@eepo.com.au
>To: Tom Hodges <sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
>Subject: Bringing life to a big dam.
>
>Problem:
>We are currently building a large dam: 10,000,000 litres. In doing
>so we are D8ing our way to sterile B horizon soils and beyond. What
>can we do to rapidly bring the water and the benthic layer to life?
>
>Background:
>
>The dam is nearly at the bottom of our block, with a surface area of
>about 4 ha, and an average depth (at the end of summer) of 2.5m.
>
>80 ha of our 140ha site is the only catchment; we are in the wonderful
>situation of controlling our own catchment, and having sites where we
>can harvest water easily. We estimate that 9% of the 1100mm rainfall
>runs off; this is 0.1m x 80 x 10,000 sm = 80,000 cu m, or 80,000,000l
>per annum. (1 cu m = 1,000,000 cc = 1000l for the unmetricated!)
>
>As well there are substantial areas of deep clay/sand about 2m underground,
>which mean that the dams are continually being recharged from seepage
>through the year. Now, before the break of the season, all the 6 small
>dams are still full. They are populated with kikuyu, reeds, arum lilies,
>tadpoles, and a few marron (a fresh water crayfish that can grow to 2Kg).
>
>Our thinking to date:
>1. Let the flushing of the higher dams provide most of the stock.
>2. Harvest plants, and replant on islands, and scalloped edges.
>3. Add lots of animal manures if available.
>4. Add sources of anaerobic bacteria - slime from the bottom of dams.
>5. Add lots of duck and geese, with sheds on the island to protect them
>from foxes.
>6. Load the water up with nutrients to force it into an algal bloom stage
>which will then die and provide benthic materials, before adding any
>fish stocks. There is an old superphosphate shed that has to be dealt
>with... we could probably get 400Kg from there..
>
>Any other thoughts?
>
>Private email will be summarised and posted back to the group.
>Many thanks.
>
>Warwick
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>Learning lots developing a 140 ha farm/village at 3339S 11504E
See my webpage which has a section on the effects of Humic Acids/humates on
Algal growth, this may be part of your answer.
http://www.wp.com/bioag/
Robert H. Faust Ph.D. Agroecologist
Faust Bio-Agricultural Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 800, Honaunau, Hawaii 96726 U.S.A.
808-328-2083
"To be economical and ecological, agriculture must be biological"
http://www.wp.com/bioag/
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From: Stephen Franklin <franklin@peak.org>
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Subject: Re: Llamas
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 07:10:37 -0800
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GrizAZ wrote:
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> I am looking for information on llamas and alpacas. Is there a national
> organization for these breeds? I had a web site for llamas, but couldn't
> retrieve the site. Any info would be appreciated. Are there any breeders
> out here in AZ? TIA, Griz>>>
I found a site at http://www.bestweb.com/star/haven/llama.htm
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Subject: Re: Chem/Med Free Chicken Feed Books
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 21:37:11 -0400
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Kelly E Jones wrote:
>
> In article <Forrest_Ferguson-020496082830@222.154.249.13>,
> Forrest <Forrest_Ferguson@email.sps.mot.com> wrote:
> >I am trying to find a list of ingredients to blend my own chicken
> feed.
>
> The excellent book, _Grow It!_ (forgot the author), has recipes for
> feed for different types of poultry at various ages. It also has much
> useful information for raising a variety of food, forage, and
> livestock.
>
> Kelly
You might try :
1. Grow It! by Richard W. Langer ISBN 0-374-52390-8 $9.00 (pap.)
2. A Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow ISBN 0-88266-897-8 $14.95
(pap.)
3. Feeds and Feeding by Frank B. Morrison (More than you will ever want
to know about feeds. Please note that there are several versions of this
classic -- some abridged (shortened) and some unabridged
(unshortended). I like the unabridged better. The book is out-of-print
and runs around $15 used)
You might want to try http://www.amazon.com/ to pick up #1 and #2 -- my
experiences have been good with the online ordering on the secure
server.
The third book I obtained from a great guy in Indiana who runs a small
mail order book store. His business is Good Earth Books (formerly
Huckleberry Books) and his name is Larry Francis. His phone is
812.963.3323. He does not have email or a www page as far as I know.
(Hint: every book I have ordered from this guy has come carefully
wrapped in tissue paper, then sealed in a recycled bag, and then
packaged to prevent damage. He is first rate in my book.) You may want
to give him a call to get his catalog (I think he charges about $2.00
for the catalog which has approximatley 500-1000 books listed. These are
first rate books and his ratings are accurate. You can tell him I sent
you ;-).
I am not affiliated in any way with Good Earth or Amazon.com. I just
enjoy execellent books.
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