I think the choice of cow dung vs horse manure is also a geographic one. In India cow dung is abundant and they use it for walls, floors and firewood. It works really well. I on the other hand don't live near any cows here in Brooklyn. There is a horse stable down the road. We are working on an earthen floor and horse manure is a major ingredient. Horse hair too. Human hair too - lots of hair salons here in NY! How about that for local green building - NY green builders using human hair because is the most readily available.<div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:22 PM, RT <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ArchiLogic@yahoo.ca">ArchiLogic@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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natural building wrote:<br>
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materials such as cow manure have been used for centuries to increase the strength and durability of clay plasters.<br>
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Clark wrote:<br>
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You're not, um, bullshiting us on this, are you?<br>
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No bullshit. Horse manure too.<br>
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I looked in on the GB List archive because I've not been receiving messages in my email for a week or more and was curious to see what's been flying about... and I found this "poo" thread and the "Stubby driving" thread.<br>
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Needless to say, I immediately carried out the hoodoovoodoomumbojumbo ritual thanking the CyberGremlins for messing up my GB List email reception for the past while.<br>
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That being said, I think that it would be useful to mention to Wannabe Poo Enthusiasts (WannaPE's) that the plaster-enhancing properties ( I wouldn't describe them as being "strength and durability" so much) of bovine manure are *NOT* the same as those provided by equine manure.<br>
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Anyone who has flung dung (ie cow patties, horse chestnuts, deer nuggets, bear torpedos etc) could have attested to this even without having ever hoisted a handful of an earthen plaster.<br>
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Reason for the difference between bovine and equine poo properties ?<br>
Ruminate on it for a spell and I'm sure you'll come up with the answer y'self.<br>
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And for those aspiring NaturalPlasterers who find this talk about animal excrement as admixtures less than appealing, you might want to have a look at what the juice from the prickly pear cactus has to offer.<br><font color="#888888">
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