tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8638492249085185897..comments2024-03-29T04:54:50.435-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39741209406112856782017-07-11T20:08:50.653-05:002017-07-11T20:08:50.653-05:00Bill Veeck bought a racetrack, and wrote a book ab...Bill Veeck bought a racetrack, and wrote a book about it: 30 Tons A Day (of you know what). https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6302740-thirty-tons-a-daySam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5381073804432479612017-07-11T15:55:20.189-05:002017-07-11T15:55:20.189-05:00LittleRed1, thanks for that interesting tidbit. I...LittleRed1, thanks for that interesting tidbit. I may have to check some of those papers out.TheOtherSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141473483312725136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24809909795119752822017-07-11T14:00:59.073-05:002017-07-11T14:00:59.073-05:00" the cognoscenti would wait eagerly for the ..." the cognoscenti would wait eagerly for the glimpse of the banker's trotting pair or the sporting lawyer's 2:40 pacer. "<br /><br />XD It's somehow comforting to know that even though the type of vehicle has changed, there's always someone to admire particularly fine examples thereof.Feather Bladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295997298154977506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15458300865419359832017-07-11T10:20:13.791-05:002017-07-11T10:20:13.791-05:00TheOtherSean, mushroom growers purchased lots and ...TheOtherSean, mushroom growers purchased lots and lots of the manure and used it to grow their crops. When electric trolleys and then cars replaced horses, it terminated the mushroom business in New York and New Jersey. <br /><br />The urban environmental historian Joel Tarr has written some fascinating papers on the topic of horses and cities.<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-89434254753389047582017-07-11T09:19:23.924-05:002017-07-11T09:19:23.924-05:00The fight goes down here in SOKY.
http://amishamer...The fight goes down here in SOKY.<br />http://amishamerica.com/13-amish-going-to-trial-over-manure-ordinance/<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62621805408338770332017-07-11T04:36:42.559-05:002017-07-11T04:36:42.559-05:00Not just manure, but dead animals. There's a s...Not just manure, but dead animals. There's a saying, If you have Livestock, you have deadstock. And they didn't have a big truck to haul away the dead to the rendering plant. Imagine that smell in July, as a 1200 lb animal lay rotting in the street. <br /><br /> It's no wonder that the average lifespan was so much shorter as compared to today, although that doesn't stop the regulators from panicking (fining you)about your unfenced off stream that might get cow or horse manure in it, although nobody drinks unfiltered water anymore. <br /><br />Good article. Otis Longearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71849848645170888502017-07-11T00:55:01.353-05:002017-07-11T00:55:01.353-05:00In some case, when the streetcar lines in the majo...In some case, when the streetcar lines in the major cities switched from horses to electricity, they began helping to haul away the refuse of the city: ash, trash, and manure. I believe New York City sent some of their refuse to fill in marshlands to provide additional land for development. TheOtherSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141473483312725136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4774657768147396292017-07-11T00:33:25.421-05:002017-07-11T00:33:25.421-05:00A description of horse and carriage life in 1900. ...A description of horse and carriage life in 1900. The three track roads are something they don't get accurate in television and movies. Also, I like holding ones breath when the horse sneezes. <br /><br />"But horses were everywhere, pulling surreys, democrats, buggies, cabs, delivery wagons of every sort on Main Street, and pulling harvesters on the tractorless farms out in the countryside. <br /><br />"The sights and sounds and sensations of horse-and-carriage Iife were part of the universal American experience: he c!op-clop of horses' hoofs; the stiff jolting of an iron-tired carriage on a stony road; the grinding noise of he brake being applied to ease the horse on the downhill stretch; the necessity of holding one's breath when the horse sneezed; the sight of sand, carried up on the tires and wooden spokes of carriage wheel, spilling off in little cascades as the wheel revolved; the look of a country road overgrown by grass, with three tracks in it instead of two, the middle one made by horses' hoofs; the special maIe ordeal of getting out of the carriage and walking up the steeper hills to lighten the load; and the more severe ordeal, for the unpracticed, of harnessing horse which could recognize inexperience at one scornful glance. During the Northern winter the jingle of sleigh bells was everywhere. On summer evenings, along the tree-lined streets of innumerable American towns, families sitting on their front porches would watch the fine carriages of the town as they drove pst for a proud evening's jaunt and the cognoscenti would wait eagerly for the glimpse of the banker's trotting pair or the sporting lawyer's 2:40 pacer. And one of the magnificent sights of urban life was that of the fire engine, pulled by three galloping horses, careening down a city street with its bell clanging."<br />--'The Big Change: America Transforms Itself 1900-1950' (1952), Frederick Allen LewisJK Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42166670440657409072017-07-10T17:47:06.354-05:002017-07-10T17:47:06.354-05:00My grandfather, who was born in 1898, spoke of the...My grandfather, who was born in 1898, spoke of the work gangs from the local jail who were given the job of with horse poop removal. That's one thing that never shows up in movies and on television.<br />Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780834197167716549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-51497298524217745942017-07-10T13:54:47.122-05:002017-07-10T13:54:47.122-05:00That's a lot of manure, but not nearly as deep...That's a lot of manure, but not nearly as deep as the manure piled up by politicians. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969361446367636746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18314891760454387902017-07-10T13:14:13.495-05:002017-07-10T13:14:13.495-05:00More precisely we traded horse manure for hydrocar...More precisely we traded horse manure for hydrocarbon fumes, used oil waste, and vehicle emissions. It was probably a net gain, after a while.CDHnoreply@blogger.com