Gosh Byron...not having ever been present when calves were turned into steers...I was never *positive* 'what' was removed. So it was their second stomach? Louis Mensing -----Original Message----- From: Byron.Bromley <Byron.Bromley@gsd-co.com> To: tomato@GlobalGarden.com <tomato@GlobalGarden.com> Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 6:35 AM Subject: [tomato] manure >Noticed posting on steer manure. > >If you have a choice dairy cow manure is better. > >Reason cows have a double stomach, and everything gets digested. >so there is no weed seeds. Steers do not and seeds do pass thru >their systems. > >Byron > > >