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cassy

Joined: 04 Feb 2008
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Location: South West Scotland

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 11 8:26 am Post subject:
That's really interesting, thanks shadiya.

Marches

Joined: 13 Dec 2011
Posts: 171
Location: Nr Peak District, England

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 11 10:00 pm Post subject:

I found those links interesting, I'd never really thought much about agroforestry before.
Sure, I've always liked hedgerows and trees in a pasture, but I always thought in arable land they'd be in the way but seeing that has opened my eyes to how they can be integrated into arable land.

Personally though animals will always have a place in my idea of farming even if just for dairy products and fertiliser and no meat.

Mutton

Joined: 09 May 2009
Posts: 1508

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 11 9:42 pm Post subject:
A friend who travelled in India about 20 years back reported on the piggy loo. A little hut on stilts, with a ramp, or hole, down which the lump departed. Up trotted pig and slurped up snack. Hope no-one was eating when they read that.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 11 9:46 pm Post subject:
It's not that long ago that you'd have found them in western Europe too. When it became illegal to castrate choirboys, claiming that they'd gone to the loo and been bitten by a pig was the favoured cover story for the op.

Marches

Joined: 13 Dec 2011
Posts: 171
Location: Nr Peak District, England

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 11 11:02 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

It's not *that* long ago that you'd have found them in western Europe too.
When it became illegal to castrate choirboys, claiming that they'd gone to the loo and been bitten by a pig was the favoured cover story for the op.

Yeah, I heard about that. As a male it terrified me even thinking about it...

I heard something involving hammers and them ending up like pulp...

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A friend who travelled in India about 20 years back reported on the piggy loo. A little hut on stilts, with a ramp, or hole, down which the lump departed. Up trotted pig and slurped up snack.

I really hope they don't eat the pig at a latter date.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46362
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 11 11:50 pm Post subject:
piggies do seem to have a fascination with human centric copraphillia they can be "questionable of manners " but it saves the trouble of digging a new hole when this one is full

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