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Old 08-10-2009, 02:54 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Default Re: The Future of Fertilizer

Was having lunch at a Ghengis Grill the other day and had a talk about blood letting. Seems in times of little or no food, for energy the warriors of Ghengis Khan would cut into a vein on their animal for some blood to provide nourishment. Sounds painful, but this does not negatively affect the animal, much like blood banks do not harm humans in collecting blood. The subject was, on a large farm with a quite large population of animals (we will use cattle as our example), by rotating the blood letting thru the whole population, a rather large amount of blood could be collected. This blood could then be dried and used a blood meal, a VERY strong nitrogen source. The beauty is, the supply of nitrogen will not be depleted. You are collecting small amounts(well, relatively small), but doing this TONS of times. By the time the first animal is ready for the second "letting", enough time will have passed that the blood is completely replaced and the animal is ready again.
Basically by using the population on the farm, you are creating a nitrogen source that is free and replenishable.
Has anyone ever heard of this type of technique being used? Seems feasible.
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