[Jacob-list] acorns

[Linda]

Here's an interesting article on tannins:
http://www.asas.org/symposia/03esupp2/jas2418.pdf

Linda
 
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Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 11:00:45 EST, Hobsickle at aol.com wrote:
> Pin oak is a red oak, but I don't know how much tannin it has. 
> From what I know of goats (which isn't much), goats have a
> considerably tougher digest system than your average ruminant.
>
> A study way back in 1919 indicated that cattle could handle a
> considerable amount of tannin and questioned that tannin was the
> toxic factor in oaks for cattle (at least).  Perhaps we put too
> much emphasis on the toxicity of tannin.  (In my students, at
> least, the word toxic conjures up the image of instant death from
> the minutest amount--not always so.)
>
> I spent 5 years in South Carolina--I do miss the Live Oaks.
>
> -Dan

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