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by DavidPatch
Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Magnesium
Replies: 11
Views: 10296

By magnesium salts do you mean Epsom Salts? Can I add a handful of these to the drinking water every couple of days?

cheers
Dave
by DavidPatch
Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Magnesium
Replies: 11
Views: 12110

By magnesium salts do you mean Epsom Salts? Can I add a handful of these to the drinking water every couple of days?

cheers
Dave
by DavidPatch
Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Clover / Herbal Leys?
Replies: 10
Views: 9288

I have the chance to rent a little more grazing for next year. It will be used just for summer-grazing, and there will be no need to cut for silage. The land is relatively heavy clay and I need something which will improve the condition of the soil when it is ploughed back in in 6 years time (I wor...
by DavidPatch
Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Clover / Herbal Leys?
Replies: 10
Views: 8808

I have the chance to rent a little more grazing for next year. It will be used just for summer-grazing, and there will be no need to cut for silage. The land is relatively heavy clay and I need something which will improve the condition of the soil when it is ploughed back in in 6 years time (I wor...
by DavidPatch
Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Newcomers - Welcome
Replies: 35
Views: 26947

Hello from another lurker... I'd just like to echo all the previous compliments paid to everyone who gives their time so generously to maintain and contribute to this site. It really is atreasure trove of pooled knowledge. As a newcomer I'm fortunate in having a father-in-law who has been a dairy h...
by DavidPatch
Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Newcomers - Welcome
Replies: 35
Views: 28279

Hello from another lurker... I'd just like to echo all the previous compliments paid to everyone who gives their time so generously to maintain and contribute to this site. It really is atreasure trove of pooled knowledge. As a newcomer I'm fortunate in having a father-in-law who has been a dairy h...
by DavidPatch
Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:15 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Steer Finishing
Replies: 27
Views: 30509

I was given a Heston Blumenthal cookery book for Christmas, and was amazed to read that in his quest for the 'perfect steak' there is a long discussion on the best ways for cattle to be finished. " Grass-fed animals in the USA do not have a good flavour - because of the moisture in the grass. ...
by DavidPatch
Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:15 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Steer Finishing
Replies: 27
Views: 28222

I was given a Heston Blumenthal cookery book for Christmas, and was amazed to read that in his quest for the 'perfect steak' there is a long discussion on the best ways for cattle to be finished. " Grass-fed animals in the USA do not have a good flavour - because of the moisture in the grass. ...