Cob cob recipe

Mon Aug 11 16:08:47 PDT 1997

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Hello,
<BR>Greetings cob people!&nbsp; We are searching for information regarding
the "recipe" for the mixture of our cob.&nbsp; What is the ratio of clay,sand,
and straw?&nbsp; We took a soil sample from the land we plan to build on
and we are not sure how to test it properly.&nbsp; We put it in a jar and
filled with water, but it just looks like a jar of red mud.&nbsp; We are
in western Oklahoma and the soil is very red.&nbsp; Down at the creek on
the land the mud looked very "clayish".
<BR>Anyway, any help would be greetly appreciated.
<BR>If we need to purchase clay for the mixture where will we find it that
would be close enough to make it financially feasible?&nbsp; I've heard
the Austin,Tx. area has good clay soil.&nbsp; Just wondering.
<BR>Recipe anyone?

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Many thanks,
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