Re: Man as snail predator
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- Subject: Re: Man as snail predator
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- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 20:23:31 +0000
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:39:45 -0800
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
From: Charles Dills <cdills@fix.net>
Subject: Re: Man as snail predator
Reply-to: cdills@fix.net
>Trevor Nottle wrote:
>
>
>> Keep them somewhere safe, clean and dry - escape proof; like a
>> plastic trash can with a fitted lid.
>> Cleanse them by feeding for 3-4 days on bran and pollard.
>> Purge for several days by feeding nothing.
>
>
>Trevor,
>
>Another language problem, I'm afraid. What, may I ask is pollard? I
>looked it up in my "American Heritage Dictionary" (Houghton/Mifflin
>1979) and neither of the two meanings given make sense in context.
>
>I'm constantly amazed at how far our several English languages have
>diverged.
>
>Gary Matson Far Northern California (Sunset zone 9--barely)
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It is interesting at a time like this to try to guess what the word
means. I know that to "pollard" a tree means to cut the main branches back
severely, a rather drastic pruning. So I would guess in this context that
he means plant prunings. How'd I do, Trevor? ---Chas---
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POLLARD IS THE FLOURY STUFF THAT ACCOMPANIES BRAN WHEN YOU BUY IT AS
STOCK/ CHICKEN FEED> I'M UNSURE OF THE DERIVATION BUT MY GRANDFATHER
USED THE TERM EVERYDAY WHEN HE RAISED POULTRY TO SHOW AND TO SELL AS
MEAT AND FOR EGG PRODUCTION. I USED TO HELP MIX THE STUFF BY THE
BUCKETFUL - BRAN, POLLARD, WATER AND CHOPPED FRESH LUCERNE.
trevor n
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