Disease-suppressive chicken poop
Steve Diver (steved@ncatfyv.uark.edu)
Mon, 18 Mar 1996 16:21:03 -0600 (CST)
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> To: sustag-public@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
> Date: 13 Mar 1996 01:18:46 -0800
> From: larryc@teleport.com (Larry Caldwell)
> References: <4h5ihv$omj@supreme.pcug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: Chicken pooh from battery farms
>
>
> In article <4h5ihv$omj@supreme.pcug.org.au>,
> jallen@pcug.org.au (John Allen) wrote:
>
> > I am seeking the following information for the Conservation Council of
> > Australia.
> >
> > 1. Any reports containing analysis of chicken pooh from battery farms
> >
> > 2. Broader environmental impact of using chicken pooh from battery
> > farms in stuff like dynamic lifter etc.
>
>
> I understand that apple growers in the Yakima Valley of Washington state,
> USA, are sold on one particular supplier of organic chicken pooh fertiliser.
> Not only does it do a good job of fertilizing (chicken manure is high in
> nitrogen) but it also suppressed orchard diseases. The particular
> brand they prefer has been examined and found to contain a much higher
> number of microorganisms than the competing brands. So far, no one has
> determined which microorganisms, if any, are the beneficial ones.
>
> An article on this subject appeared in the _Capital Press_, a weekly
> agricultural newspaper published in Salem, Oregon USA sometime in
> 1995.
>
>
> -- Larry