September 3, 2012
Just when you thought you knew the worst of the drought—crop
shortages, and homes needing repairs because the dirt under the foundations is
contracting, cracking and shifting—we get more bad news.
A Wisconsin festival that has a cow-chip throwing contest is
in danger of running out of cow chips because of the drought. How does that
work, you ask? Well, the cows are avoiding the drought-dried grass and only
eating the near the barns, where they can keep cool. Since the sun can’t get to
the dung, it doesn’t dry out, and now festival organizers haven’t been able to
collect enough for the contest.
Believe it or not, that’s not the weird part. The weird part
is that the organizers have stores of dried dung that they can dip into
instead. So, not only do they collect this stuff—they save it from year to
year! Fortunately—I guess.
(Thanks to C. D. for bringing this to my attention.)
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