steve ypsi
06-22-2003, 05:49 PM
Some years ago, there was an interesting news item datelined Sweden. A farmer's cow had ballooned due to gastritis, and the veterinary doctor was summoned. The barn was dark and the vet, after lifting the tail, struck a match to inspect the interiors. There was a mighty explosion, but the cow and the vet survived. An Indian newspaper gave a memorable headline to this spontaneous combustion: "Backfire!"
\Scientists blame the food habits of the cows for the high volume of gas. The grass the cow eats may be perfect green but it is not safe. They are prescribing a drastic change of diet if the methane seepage has to be plugged. How to dispose of the gas? Unlike milk, which can be taken out of the cow's system twice a day, the gas production and release is a non-stop affair. The Indian cow does not store the gas, as was done with disastrous consequences by its Swedish counterpart.
through the landfill until organic wastes such as grass and wood ... column contains
methane producing bacteria, which convert the waste into useful methane gas. ...
Grass clippings in landfills can contribute
to the formation of leachate and methane gas
These are from a search on methane gas caused from Grass clipping's, I lost 500 night crawlers by putting them in about 4 day old grass clipping, it killed every one in less than 30 hours, most were probably dead in less time. From what I read it is best to not use any type of grass or leaves, yes I know people do if you have dirt that they can escape into to get away from the gas, I was storing them in the basement . Sarge was right. I saw a movie or show on T-V that showed animals wandering into a swampy area and they just keeled over and died because of the high wall of earth around this swamp let the methane gas lie just above the ground from the rotting vegitation. I forgot until Art reminded me how powerful methane is, A farm worker near us was killed when he went down into a pit that was about 10 feet deep on a ladder, he couldn't even climb out because the gas is so strong, it was used to store cow manure which has a lot undigeted grass in it that puts out a lot of methane,
Any way I will never use any thing but dirt or store boughten bedding in the future.
\Scientists blame the food habits of the cows for the high volume of gas. The grass the cow eats may be perfect green but it is not safe. They are prescribing a drastic change of diet if the methane seepage has to be plugged. How to dispose of the gas? Unlike milk, which can be taken out of the cow's system twice a day, the gas production and release is a non-stop affair. The Indian cow does not store the gas, as was done with disastrous consequences by its Swedish counterpart.
through the landfill until organic wastes such as grass and wood ... column contains
methane producing bacteria, which convert the waste into useful methane gas. ...
Grass clippings in landfills can contribute
to the formation of leachate and methane gas
These are from a search on methane gas caused from Grass clipping's, I lost 500 night crawlers by putting them in about 4 day old grass clipping, it killed every one in less than 30 hours, most were probably dead in less time. From what I read it is best to not use any type of grass or leaves, yes I know people do if you have dirt that they can escape into to get away from the gas, I was storing them in the basement . Sarge was right. I saw a movie or show on T-V that showed animals wandering into a swampy area and they just keeled over and died because of the high wall of earth around this swamp let the methane gas lie just above the ground from the rotting vegitation. I forgot until Art reminded me how powerful methane is, A farm worker near us was killed when he went down into a pit that was about 10 feet deep on a ladder, he couldn't even climb out because the gas is so strong, it was used to store cow manure which has a lot undigeted grass in it that puts out a lot of methane,
Any way I will never use any thing but dirt or store boughten bedding in the future.