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n in balneotherapy, a mossy plant substance used in baths and peloids. An antiinflammatory, antimicrobial, antineoplastic, antiviral substance, the effects of which include immunological stimulation, increased metabolism, and vessel dilation. See also balneotherapy and peloid.
peat, peat moss used as bedding for housed cattle and horses and is very absorbent of water. peat scours chronic diarrhea in ruminants grazing pasture on peat-derived soils low in copper and/or high in molybdenum. See also copper nutritional deficiency, molybdenum. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It seems to work quite well at Wincanton, where there is predominantly a good soil with a clay base, whereas Exeter is more a peaty soil which, when it gets wet, tends to break up a lot easier so you tend to get falser readings. Roast Winter Root Vegetables--using Herefordshire's deep orange Nerac carrots grown on peaty soil creamy and crisp tasting Gladiator parsnips and Brora Swedes, with their sweet yellow flesh, this roasted mix has caramel flavours of natural sugar and is fantastic in a sandwich with roast beef. But where a massive bog of spongy moss and permanently moist soils once blanketed English uplands, the land has been so degraded that the water rushes off the moors, taking hundreds of tonnes of peaty soil with it every time it rains. |
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