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[Cob] Easier mixing techniques to keep people loving cob

drub drub at pobox.com
Mon Feb 9 17:44:15 CST 2009


Got it.  They're just slogging through it, instead of using our own, 
tender feet.  Works for me.  Gotta build a circular mixing pit for them.

Will cut you slack on referencing your library, since you've gone daft 
and are doing another walkabout.  ;-)       Have a great time.



Shannon Dealy wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, drub wrote:
>
>>
>> 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?
>
> Hi David,
>
> My recollection is of the "turn style" approach previously mentioned, 
> large animals (cattle, horses, ox, etc.) simply going in circles, 
> treading what was essentially a mud pit with water and straw added as 
> needed.  As my arms can't reach the 8000 miles to my reference library 
> :-) the best I can do is "my recollection".  Yes, coblist kahuna has 
> gone walkabout again.
>
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