THIS BLOG ATTEMPTS TO SHOW HOW SCIENCE IS CATCHING UP WITH REVEALED RELIGION

THIS BLOG IS AN ATTEMPT TO PUT ALL THE COOL STUFF THAT I BUMP INTO ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO IT INTO ONE LOCATION.
THE CONTENTS WILL BE FROM AN LDS PERSPECTIVE. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING IN HERE, I DO NOT PARTICULARLY CARE TO ARGUE, UNLESS YOU CAN ADD TO THIS BODY OF WORK. I HAVE AN OPEN MIND, THAT IS WHY I READ STUFF FROM ALL DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND SEEK LEARNING FROM THE BEST BOOKS. I JUST AM NOT HERE TO ARGUE ABOUT IT - BUT TO PUT IT OUT THERE WHERE OTHERS CAN PERUSE/PURSUE IT. I TAKE PARTICULAR INTEREST IN HONEST SEEKERS OF TRUTH AND BELIEVE THAT SCIENCE IS REVEALED RELIGION'S BEST ALLY. YOU WILL SEE ALOT OF TOPICS IN THIS BLOG THAT SHOW SCIENCE BACKING - AND SLOWLY CATCHING UP WITH - REVEALED RELIGION.
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Saturday, January 19, 2013

RYE FOR FOWL - THE WORD OF WISDOM

I found this anecdotal info on the web.  I think I will pay more attention to the little things in our scriptures.  I needed a cover crop for a field that had been used for boarding horses who tore up the first few inches of the soil with their hooves.  The soil was plenty fertile - but nothing but (really obnoxious) weeds would grow there.

I looked for the cheapest seeds I could find that had good coverage and the rye was it.  We planted it and some other cover grasses.  The grasses did not do well and the weeds eventually took completely over.  The rye, however, was able to grow quickly in dry soil conditions and took off, choking out the weeds.  In the fall I noticed the domesticated ducks and the wild pheasants were spending ALOT of time in that area of the farm working away on the seed heads.  Fowl love rye!  The pheasants in the area tripled in the year - not sure if it was from the abundance of food and they had a large brood or if others from outside the area were attracted to the large supply of food.

Here is something on the net that I found that noted the same thing:

When I was little, I visited my grandfather on his farm. He had me bring a bag of rye grain in from the barn. A mouse must have chewed a hole in the sack, because as I struggled with the heavy bag, I left a trail of rye all the way across the barnyard. My grandfather was upset at me for not noticing the hole and for wasting it. Later on, he thanked me. He said the chickens ate the rye and for the next several weeks they laid the biggest, strongest, richest eggs he had ever seen. So the WoW is spot on - "rye for fowl"!

2 comments:

  1. You want to raise chickens.
    Feed them sprouted wheat; Not dry wheat, but let the wheat sprout in water then feed the chickens the sprouted wheat. Instead of getting chickens which weigh 5-7 lbs in three months you will get chickens which weigh 7-10 lbs.

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  2. Yeah. That's anecdotal evidence. Hers confirmed stuff: http://www.extension.org/pages/67364/feeding-rye-to-poultry#.VgW6unnnbqA

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