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Re: Cattle eating dirt?
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Posted by Rauville on July 13, 2006 at 06:03:38 from (209.180.79.92):
In Reply to: Re: Cattle eating dirt? posted by 4010guy on July 13, 2006 at 05:01:35:
Do a search of "cattle pica", and you can come up with some interesting information, including this tidbit off the Rancher.Net site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROXANA, Ala. ...Though dirt-eating's demise has been predicted for decades, the practice persists, particularly in rural areas such as the slice of East Alabama from Loachapoka to Camp Hill, from Tallassee to Opelika, where modern distribution has displaced the home-dug supply. Wayne Smith, owner of a Conoco convenience store near Opelika, estimates he sells 50 of the one-pound bags of white dirt every month. "They say they don't eat it. They get it for someone else," Smith said. In Loachapoka, they're more straightforward. "We have white dirt connoisseurs around here," said Ron Burton at the Greenway Grocery. "They'll want to sample it before they buy it. ... I've got a lot of young girls who are pregnant come in for it."... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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