SB: Re: RE: Re: manure and hormone plaster

[John Salmen <terrain@shaw.ca>]

In Nepal it is called lipnu, and I've got a refereence to something called
limniak (sp?) that was the same mixture of dung and water used on floors in
ukranian settler homes in Alberta. It was described as being used as a 'wax'
over clay floors.

It is considered antibacterial and used with clay as a poultice for treating
wounds and such. A lot though depends on what the animal eats - beneficial
plants and stuff   The antibiotics and hormones used here in beef production
would I'm sure not be a great amendment to a floor.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane S. Judd" <dsjudd@entelchile.net>
To: <strawbale@crest.org>; <ArchiLogic@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:18 PM
Subject: SB: RE: Re: manure plaster


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert W. Tom <ArchiLogic@yahoo.ca>
> To: <strawbale@crest.org>; <rtc@overland.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 6:18 PM
> Subject: SB: Re: manure plaster
>
>
> > In so-called "less developed" cultures ...........the dung of ruminants
> has long been recognised as an admixture which
> > enhances workability, adhesion and durability.
>
> According to a cookbook about the Indian (as in the country of India)
> cuisine, the women still apply cow dung each day to the kitchen floors
(the
> men are not permitted by the women to enter the kitchens).  This is
applied
> by hand each evening and allowed to dry during the night.  It is done even
> in the houses of the highest socio-economic levels.
>
>
> > It's not really "manure plaster" ... it's earthen plaster with a manure
> > admixture, and as is always the case with admixtures, it doesn't take
much
> to
> > achieve the desired enhancements while the addition of too much will
> likely
> > result in a weakening of the finished plaster.
> >
>
> What sort of earth is required if one is mixing it with cow-patties?  Is
the
> clay content still important?  How much lime putty (roughly) would be
> required?
>
> > So how's that for a heap ?
>
>
> I have always suspected that you are full of it.
>
>
> Dane
> Valparaíso, Chile
> starting rafters tomorrow.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to:
>    <strawbale-unsubscribe@crest.org>
>
> or for the digest to:
>    <strawbale-digest-unsubscribe@crest.org>
>
> Please send any list administration questions to
> strawbale-owner@crest.org
>


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to:
   <strawbale-unsubscribe@crest.org>

or for the digest to:
   <strawbale-digest-unsubscribe@crest.org>

Please send any list administration questions to
strawbale-owner@crest.org