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[Cob] Easier mixing techniques to keep people loving cob

drub drub at pobox.com
Sat Feb 7 14:15:37 PST 2009


Hiya Shannon

Good to hear from you!

Shannon or Howard ...  Have any good references for how animals were 
used?  Was an implement used?  Some mechanics?  Or, did the animals 
simply walk thru it?

Thanks!
David


Shannon Dealy wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, William Bates wrote:
>
> [snip]
>   
>> Has anyone ever used an animal to make COB?
>>
>> Has anyone ever heard of a " turn style "?
>> It is a gadget that, when a horse or cow is hitched up to it, causes the 
>> animal to walk around in the same circular path.
>>     
> [snip]
>
> This approach is documented in a number of places relating to historical 
> cob, not having the traditional kind of farm animals for mixing handy, I 
> never considered it, hadn't thought about sheep though . . . 
> unfortunately, my brother sold his sheep, I'll have to wait and see if he 
> replaces them with anything useful I can "borrow" :-)
>
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