[Culturechat] High tech Mistwagen in CH

[Vance Roy]

While out for a run today, I saw something that will be hard to put into 
words.

All CH Idyllers have seen Mistwagens, the large tanks towed behind a 
tractor to spray the Mist ( liquified cow manure) onto the pasture after 
the grass has been cut. Likewise, we all are familiar with the "eau de 
Swiss" these sprayings leave behind. There are some places in CH where I 
could tell you where we were while blindfolded if I got a whiff.

Well, here is something new. Today, the Mistwagen that I saw (usually a 
dull gray or green) was painted with a beautiful alpine scene all over. 
Furthermore, instead of a big flat nozzle in the rear, it had two fold 
out racks, each with about six pink (yes, pink) corrugated hoses that 
were drug along the ground leaving trails of mist about two feet apart.

OK, what does this all mean in the overall picture? As I found out when 
I returned after the pasture was misted, the "eau" was missing! 
Practically, no areation had occurred! Do these high tech farmers 
realize what they are doing?

Vance Roy
gigli.saw@dplanet.ch