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Hubert, Thanks for your informative thoughts. What sort of 'Dock'
population do you seed for? Can you no-till Dock into an existing
pasture? But Hubert, we do a pretty good job of grazing here in the
USA--tons of grazing 'shows', lot's of school trips here to let the kids
see 'what grazing is all about', and that grazing program has produced
three bulls for AI, the first of which is currently #8 in the US! I
guess I'm asking what could this Dock stuff add to our grazing process?
Dick Conklin
Amity Farm
Ft.Ann,NY
----- Original Message -----
From: HUBERT McCLELLAND
To: graze-l@witt.ac.nz
Cc: Graze-l
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Graze-l] 'Dock'??
Hello Richard & Carol:
Here in Qu=E9bec we have dock naturalized from Europe originally.
One species is called Curled Dock, listed as a weed in my reference
Weeds of Canada. I beleive in a previous post from New Zealand that it
contains special properties, substances such as natural dewormers. I
know that my Botanical references mention oxalic acid and tannins. I
beleive the tannins have some natural deworming effects. it is a
broadleaf weed and a member of the larger Polygonium family, which I
call the Buckwheat family to which rhubarb belongs.
Hubert McClelland
Gatineau,Qu=E9bec, Canada
Richard and Carol Conklin wrote:
Folks, I've been farming for 28 years, grazing for 18 of those
wonderful years, but I have no idea of what this is--DOCK?? Grass,
legume, annual, perennial, pretty, tasty, early, late--and why don't my
seed Co.s have any???Dick ConklinAmity FarmFt.Ann,NY
