tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post7500037368234068169..comments2024-03-29T09:02:12.908-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Fine Art TuesdayEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-56434275658469251222021-02-09T10:01:10.151-05:002021-02-09T10:01:10.151-05:00Another reason for the really black earth might be...Another reason for the really black earth might be the extensive use of cow manure for fertilizer. Even today, the farmers in Germany live much like they lived hundreds of years ago where the stable for their animals was/is under the main house and the manure is cleaned out everyday and deposited in huge piles in their fields outside of town. I was stationed in Germany in the late 70's and the farmers still walked their livestock to the fields and back every day. I imagine it was the same in Finland.Mike Guentherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760305520055214986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-71798063096834716902021-02-09T08:44:28.550-05:002021-02-09T08:44:28.550-05:00Yes, I so attest. In Ontonagon County and all of ...Yes, I so attest. In Ontonagon County and all of the way up the Keweenaw Peninsula and across northern Baraga and western Marquette Counties where the glaciers dug up Lake Superior and scraped the surface of the hard igneous rock bare leaving the Porcupine and Huron Mountains and the high ground of the Keweenaw. On many high places you can see the gouges in the rock from the glaciers even now. I have never been to Finland but have many friends who have, and still have close family there, and they all say that you could get dropped off most places there or here and not be able to tell the difference. ---kencoyoteken48https://www.blogger.com/profile/06182514695395380561noreply@blogger.com