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- From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: The Browning of America
- Message-ID: <69979@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 16:58:06 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- > > When non aboriginals started farming the Great Plains there was nearly two
- > > feet of topsoil underneath all that waving grass. Most is gonzo now. Now I
- > > have a serious question which only seems facetious:
- > >
- > > Can we restore Americas topsoile by collecting human feces, and
- > What is a mere calculation in face of a Gardener's suspicions?
- > But why not cow manure? There is a lot more of it than human feces.
-
- Cattle grazing destroys ecologically sensitive public lands! Very
- politically incorrect! Much better would be chicken manure. Our
- President-elect has already conducted a far-sighted research program
- much like the original poster suggested, in which the entire state
- of Arkansas has been buried to a depth of two feet in chicken manure.
-