Peggy? Need help finding a source of gravel for a Zen Garden

[Angela Treat Lyon]

might want to do a shout-out to Peggy Perazzo about this - she knows a heck of a lot about the quarries in the US -
aloha,
Angela

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From: Kreigh Tomaszewski <Kreigh-***@public.gmane.org>
To: stone-***@public.gmane.org
Subject: [stone] Re: Need help finding a source of gravel for a Zen Garden
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 21:04:54 -0400

Have you contacted the makers of the turkey feed to find out where they
get the turkey grit? Sometimes you just have to move up the food chain.

You might do some online searching for aggregate dealers. Crushed
limestone is used in agriculture as a soil amendment so Tractor Supply
or equivalent might be another source.

Kreigh

On Saturday, Jul 5, 2014, at 10:55 America/Detroit, Keith Trexler wrote:

> The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has a zen garden, and I've learned
> that they used an aggregate called 'turkey grit', which is 1/10th
> crushed limestone used by commercial turkey farms to mix with the
> turkey feed so the birds can masticate grains in their gullets.  I
> called a few large turkey farms in New England and none of them had a
> clue, they buy their feed with grit already in.


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This is Paul Wood's (Vermont Granite Museum) article about chicken grit of the past, although it probably won't help you find it today. Paul may know of today's sources of the granite grit. His email is on the document:

"Granite Poultry Grit: Barre Aids the 'Food For Victory Program,'" by Paul Wood, Vermont Granite Museum http://quarriesandbeyond.org/states/vt/pdf/granite_poultry_grit_barre_vermont_article_by_paul_wood_vermont_granit_museum_april_2012.pdf

Peggy

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From: "Angela Treat Lyon" <atlyon-***@public.gmane.org>
To: stone-***@public.gmane.org
Sent: Saturday, July 5, 2014 6:07:20 PM
Subject: [stone] Re: Peggy? Need help finding a source of gravel for a Zen Garden

might want to do a shout-out to Peggy Perazzo about this - she knows a heck of a lot about the quarries in the US -
aloha,
Angela

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Angela Treat Lyon

http://AngelaTreatLyonArt.com
http://PrintsbyLyon.com
808-261-0940

--- Kreigh-***@public.gmane.org wrote:

From: Kreigh Tomaszewski <Kreigh-***@public.gmane.org>
To: stone-***@public.gmane.org
Subject: [stone] Re: Need help finding a source of gravel for a Zen Garden
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 21:04:54 -0400

Have you contacted the makers of the turkey feed to find out where they
get the turkey grit? Sometimes you just have to move up the food chain.

You might do some online searching for aggregate dealers. Crushed
limestone is used in agriculture as a soil amendment so Tractor Supply
or equivalent might be another source.

Kreigh

On Saturday, Jul 5, 2014, at 10:55 America/Detroit, Keith Trexler wrote:

> The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has a zen garden, and I've learned
> that they used an aggregate called 'turkey grit', which is 1/10th
> crushed limestone used by commercial turkey farms to mix with the
> turkey feed so the birds can masticate grains in their gullets. I
> called a few large turkey farms in New England and none of them had a
> clue, they buy their feed with grit already in.


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[Walter S. Arnold]

At 09:21 PM 7/5/2014, pbperazzo-***@public.gmane.org wrote:
>This is Paul Wood's (Vermont Granite Museum) article about chicken
>grit of the past, although it probably won't help you find it today.
>Paul may know of today's sources of the granite grit. His email is
>on the document:

Crushed granite is still readily available for poultry, any feed
store has it, but generally in 5 pound bags but you can find the 25
pounders. Oyster shell is more commonly used and is cheaper. Either
way, it's cheap enough for one bag to be worth getting to see if the
size and texture is right.

Heres one article on the types and usage of grit:
http://poultrykeeper.com/general-chickens/types-of-poultry-grit

And here is a good price on the granite grit from Tractor Supply
http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/manna-proreg%3B-poultry-grit-25-lb
And the oyster shell:
http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/manna-proreg%3B-oyster-shell-50-lb

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