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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Reminder. It is important when using goats to remove non-native invasive plants, to monitor them away FROM EATING NATIVE PLANTS. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Hamersky Business' <william@skyhammer.com><br><b>Cc:</b> 'maipc@lists.maipc.org' <maipc@lists.maipc.org>; 'INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU' <INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>; 'Vanessa Beauchamp' <VBeauchamp@towson.edu>; 'Tancos, Matthew - ARS' <matthew.tancos@usda.gov><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: J stiltgrass seeds passing thru goats guts??<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>It is not likely to work well but it is worth the try since stilt grass is so bad. If they do eat the stilt grass we can come back for 3 years and see if the seed bank has been reduced from 5 to 4 years. Marc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Hamersky Business <<a href="mailto:william@skyhammer.com">william@skyhammer.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 16, 2021 12:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> William Hamersky <<a href="mailto:william@skyhammer.com">william@skyhammer.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>; <a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a>; Vanessa Beauchamp <<a href="mailto:VBeauchamp@towson.edu">VBeauchamp@towson.edu</a>>; Tancos, Matthew - ARS <<a href="mailto:matthew.tancos@usda.gov">matthew.tancos@usda.gov</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> J stiltgrass seeds passing thru goats guts??<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just got a request from a colleague who is going to have goats take care of their J stiltgrass next week, here in the Charlottesville area.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> I have 2 questions:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1. do goats actually eat stiltgrass?!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2. will the seeds pass through the goats' GI tract intact (pre-fertilized!) and ready for next year?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you all!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Stay safe.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Geneva",serif;color:black'>William Hamersky<br>Skyhammer<br>470 Taylors Gap Rd<br>Charlottesville, VA 22903<br><br>cel: 415. 516. 2560<br><br><a href="mailto:william@skyhammer.com">william@skyhammer.com</a><br><br>“The Ash, having fibres tenacious and strong,<br>Teaches me firm resistance, to battle with wrong."<br> Helen O. Hoyt<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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