I too remember the application of cow dung in our home in Raia back in the 1950s.
My father, returned from Dar and cemented all the floors in the house, but as soon as he left, grandma had cow dung pasted on the floors. Granny just didn’t like the cold hard cement. Apart from the first few days, I do not remember the smell being particularly nasty; in fact it had no smell after it dried. Later on I slept in Maasai manyattas all over the Rift Valley in 1968 to 1972, and was much reminded of the Olde House in Raia! It really was dark and cool and insect free in the manyattas, as it was in the Raia house. Anyway, cows are being potty trained and that’s good! https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cow-cattle-pee-potty-training-bathroom-pollution-ammonia Cheers. Mel On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 8:10 AM Adolfo Mascarenhas <adca...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mervyn > THe figures you give are staggering ......billions of dollars and imagine > shooting one Cape buffalo for 50,000 $ But that happens only if you have > rich people. > Yes I remember that cow dung was the flooring in the homes of most Goans. > ....As a matter of fact even the Church in Quepem used >>>shaan>>> or gow > dung as flooring even in the church. My parents in 1949 decided that they > would donate tiles, The tiles came from Japan,tiny coin sized octagons of > Portuguese Blue and yellowish brown. In appreciation on my fathers birthday > a Mass is said for him > > One of my ambitions is to start an urackm, cashew juice and feni in > several places in Tanzania...our DI.GI seems not in the least interested > . ,,,I will attend the UDSM Rotary in a few hours time,,,,,Some nice > initiatives will emerge , including a way to help street children by an > Indian Catholic priest. Dar es Salaam is really big nearly 6 million people > or slightly over 12^ of the National Population > > Stay safe . > > Adolfo > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 3:35 AM Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > >> On Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 06:36:08 p.m. CDT, Adolfo Mascarenhas < >> adca...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Then you shock Filomena, by telling her that a Multinational markets Cow >> urine is available on Amazon and eBay in every form and shape but the real >> money is in cow poop.? >> -snip- >> >> The Maasai are impressed with my suggestion.....they will present me with >> a Shaking Speare ...gold tipped and the stick made of a blackwood has >> silver gripwire grips. >> >> Tanzania has probably got more cows apart from Nigeria .....Energy wise >> it could bring transformation in Sukumaland >> >> Also I have been both in a Gogo and a Maasai Tembe.....there were no >> flies .....the ammonia was keeping them away. >> Grandolfo >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> Doc, >> >> The US gives direct subsidizes to oil and gas firms - so as to keep >> energy prices low in the US. The numbers involved are staggering. The >> richest companies in the world receive more than 20 billion dollars >> annually from the US govt. Biden is pushing for renewable energy and >> almost every firm in that sector is now claiming grant money from the US >> govt. Converting cow poop to renewable natural gas seems to be a good idea >> (to me) and a much better idea than an vehicle that needs humongous >> batteries. >> >> We have an abundance of cows and cow poop in Texas although a lot of >> ranches are switching from raising cows to raising other animals. A mature >> cow sells for appox $5,000 here. The same amount of money gets you a ticket >> to shoot a zebra on a ranch. Zebra's are much more hardy and cheaper to >> raise, hence the switch. A wildebeest costs more to shoot. A single Cape >> Buffalo cost $50,000 and it is difficult to miss one. >> >> The next time you think about the annual migration across the Serengeti, >> your mind way wander to the annual transfer of wealth between Kenya and >> Tanzania. 1.5 million animals each valued at $5,000 = a few billion dollars. >> >> You Masai friends may have been guarding the wrong animals :-) >> >> Mervyn >> PS I have lived in Goa at a time when cow dung was applied to the floor >> in homes. Whatever the benefits where then, I am glad that custom is not as >> popular as it once was. >> >> >> >>
