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    1414  </Description>
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    16 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     16</B>
    1717<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS</P>
    1818<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Rome 1986</P>
    19 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     19
    2020<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">P-69</P>
    2121<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">ISBN 92-5-102396-4</P>
    22 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     22
    2323<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&copy; FAO 1986</P>
    24 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    25 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
    26 <B><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
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     25<B>
    2726<!--
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    3130  </Description>
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    33 </B><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
     32</B>
    3433<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1. Did you know that many kinds of snails are good to eat?</P>
    35 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     34
    3635<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">2. Snail meat tastes good and it is also good for you. If you have snail meat to eat, it will help to keep you and your family strong and healthy.</P>
    37 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     36
    3837<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p60a.png"></center><br>
    3938 Family kept strong and healthy</P>
    40 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     39
    4140<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">3. If you want to have snails to eat you can get them in different ways.</P>
    42 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     41
    4342<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4. Many people gather wild snails that live nearby. Sometimes you can buy snails at the market or from people who gather them to sell to others.</P>
    44 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     43
    4544<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5. You can also raise your own snails. This is called snail farming. Today, a great many people all over the world farm snails.</P>
    46 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     45
    4746<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">6. If you farm your own snails, you will always have a supply of fresh snail meat whenever you want it.</P>
    48 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     47
    4948<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">7. Then, if your family is not too big and you grow more snails than you need to eat, you can sell what you do not use to your neighbours or at the market.</P>
    50 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     49
    5150<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p61a.png"></center><br>
    5251 Selling snails at the market</P>
    53 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     52
    5453<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">8. With more food to eat and the money you get by selling snails, you and your family can live better.</P>
    55 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     54
    5655<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">9. However, if your family is big you will need to grow many more snails if you are going to have enough to eat and to sell at the market.</P>
    57 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     56
    5857<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p61b.png"></center><br>
    5958 You need to grow more snails if your family is big</P>
    60 <P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
    61 <P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
     59
    6260<B><P></P>
    6361<!--
     
    6765  </Description>
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    69 </B><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
     67</B>
    7068<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">You will need</P>
    71 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P><DIR>
     69<DIR>
    7270
    7371<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• enough snails to start your snail farm</P>
    74 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P></DIR>
     72</DIR>
    7573
    7674<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p61c.png"></center><br>
    7775 Snail</P>
    78 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P><DIR>
     76<DIR>
    7977
    8078<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• a place near your house with the right kind of soil and the right amount of water for snails to live and grow</P>
    81 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P></DIR>
     79</DIR>
    8280
    8381<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p61d.png"></center><br>
    8482 A place near your house</P>
    85 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P><DIR>
     83<DIR>
    8684
    8785<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• the kinds of plants that snails need for food and shelter</P>
    8886<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• the materials to build a pen for the snail</P>
    89 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P></DIR>
     87</DIR>
    9088
    9189<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p62a.png"></center><br>
    9290 Plants that snails need; The materials to build a pen</P>
    93 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     91
    9492<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">10. If you have or can get all of these things, you can raise snails.</P>
    95 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    96 <P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
    97 <B><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
     93
     94<B>
    9895<!--
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    104101  </Description>
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    106 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     103</B>
    107104<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">11. To farm snails is not hard; however, it is quite different from keeping chickens or ducks or from growing crops such as maize, rice, cassava or groundnuts.</P>
    108 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     105
    109106<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">12. Since farming snails is so different from other kinds of farming, you will have to learn a lot of new things.</P>
    110107<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">13. One way to learn about snails so that you will be able to farm them is to watch the wild snails that live near you.</P>
    111 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    112109<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p62b.png"></center><br>
    113110 Watch the wild snails</P>
    114 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     111
    115112<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">14. Try to see how they live, how they move and where they go, what plants they like best and what they eat.</P>
    116 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    117114<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">15. You can learn many things by watching wild snails that will help you later if you decide to start a snail farm.</P>
    118 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     115
    119116<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p63a.png"></center><br>
    120117 Wild snail</P>
    121 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     118
    122119<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">16. Another way to learn about snails is to ask an older farmer who knows a lot about your area. If there are people near you who gather snails to sell to others, they may be able to help you.</P>
    123 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     120
    124121<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">17. In the next part of this booklet, you will begin to learn some things that you need to know to farm snails.</P>
    125 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    126 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
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    127123<B><P></P>
    128124<!--
     
    132128  </Description>
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    134 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     130</B>
    135131<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">18. The kind of snails that you can farm are snails that live on land, and there are many kinds of land snails that are good to eat.</P>
    136 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    137133<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">19. However, some kinds of land snails are not good to eat and they may even make you very, very sick.</P>
    138 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    139135<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">20. So, you must be very careful when you choose snails to farm. If you are not sure that a snail is good to eat, do not use it.</P>
    140 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    141137<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p63b.png"></center><br>
    142138 Do not use snail unless you are sure it is good to eat</P>
    143 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     139
    144140<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">21. Now look at the drawings on pages 8 to 11 and you will see four kinds of good snails that live in different places.</P>
    145 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     141
    146142<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">22. You may be able to find one of these kinds of snails where you live. Notice that two of them are small and two of them are large.</P>
    147 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     143
    148144<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">23. The smaller kinds of snails, shown on pages 8 and 9, can often be found in places where part of the year is warm and part of the year is cold.</P>
    149 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     145
    150146<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">24. The larger kinds of snails, shown on pages 10 and 11, can often be found in places where it is warm all year round.</P>
    151 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     147
    152148<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p64a.png"></center><br>
    153149 Helix pomatia</P>
    154 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    155 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     150
    156151<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This kind of small snail</P>
    157152<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1 can be found in places where part of the year is warm and part of the year is cold</P>
     
    160155<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4 grows to full size in two to three years if it is well fed</P>
    161156<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5 lays from 30 to 50 eggs each growing season</P>
    162 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     157
    163158<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p64b.png"></center><br>
    164159 Helix Pomatia - 30 to 50 small eggs</P>
    165 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     160
    166161<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p64c.png"></center><br>
    167162 Helix aspersa</P>
    168 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     163
    169164<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This kind of small snail</P>
    170165<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1 can often be found in places where part of the year is warm and part of the year is cold</P>
     
    173168<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4 grows to full size in one year if it is well fed</P>
    174169<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5 lays from 40 to 170 eggs one to three times each growing season</P>
    175 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     170
    176171<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p64d.png"></center><br>
    177172 Helix aspersa - 40 to 170 small eggs</P>
    178 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     173
    179174<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p65a.png"></center><br>
    180175 Achatina achatina</P>
    181 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     176
    182177<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This kind of large snail</P>
    183178<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1 can often be found in places where it is warm all year round</P>
     
    186181<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4 grows to full size in two years if it is well fed</P>
    187182<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5 lays from 100 to 300 eggs one to two times each growing season</P>
    188 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    189184<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p65b.png"></center><br>
    190185 Achatina achatina - 100 to 300 small eggs</P>
    191 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     186
    192187<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p65c.png"></center><br>
    193188 Archchatina marginata</P>
    194 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     189
    195190<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This kind of large snail</P>
    196191<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1 can often be found in places where it is warm all year round</P>
     
    199194<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4 grows to full size in two years if it is well fed</P>
    200195<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5 lays from five to ten eggs four to eight times each growing season</P>
    201 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    202197<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p65d.png"></center><br>
    203198 Archchatina marginata - five to ten large eggs</P>
    204 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    205200<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">25. If you cannot get one of these snails, you may be able to get others very much like them where you live.</P>
    206 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    207202<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">26. There are many other kinds of good snails. There may even be several kinds of good snails that are eaten where you live.</P>
    208 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    209204<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">27. If snails are eaten where you live, you can farm one of these. Then you will be sure that it is good to eat.</P>
    210 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    211 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
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    212206<B><P></P>
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    221215<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">28. When you are ready to get snails, perhaps you can get them by gathering wild snails that live near you.</P>
    222 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    223217<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p66a.png"></center><br>
    224218 Gathering wild snails</P>
    225 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    226220<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">29. Perhaps you can buy them from people who gather wild snails to sell to others.</P>
    227 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    228222<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p66b.png"></center><br>
    229223 Buying from one who gathers wild snails</P>
    230 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    231225<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">30. You may even be able to buy them from another snail farmer.</P>
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    233227<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p66c.png"></center><br>
    234228 Buying from another snail farmer</P>
    235 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    236230<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Note</P>
    237231<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Never term snails that you buy at the market. Snails at the market may have been washed, kept too cold or hurt and they may die soon.</P>
    238 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    239 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
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    240233<B><P></P>
    241234<!--
     
    246239  </Description>
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    248 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     241</B>
    249242<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">31. A good place for a snail farm is one where there already are snails. If there already are snails, you will know that the soil and the water in the soil are right for snails to live and grow.</P>
    250 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    251244<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">32. However, if there are no snails near where you live it does not mean that you cannot raise snails there.</P>
    252 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    253246<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">33. If you have the right kind of soil with the right amount of water, you can bring good snails from another place to start your snail farm.</P>
    254 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    256248<B><P></P>
    257249<!--
     
    262254  </Description>
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    264 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     256</B>
    265257<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">34. Soil is important for snails. Part of the time they live on the soil and part of the time they live in the soil, and to live well, snails need good soil.</P>
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    267259<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p67a.png"></center><br>
    268260 Snail on the soil; Snail in the soil</P>
    269 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    270262<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">35. When snails are not on the soil or in the soil, they are on plants which grow in the soil. So, the soil must also be good for the kinds of plants that snails need.</P>
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    272264<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p67b.png"></center><br>
    273265 Snail on plant</P>
    274 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    275267<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">36. When snails are in the soil, they are resting or laying their eggs. If the soil has the right amount of water, snails will live well, the eggs they lay will hatch well and the baby snails will come out of the soil easily.</P>
    276 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    277269<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">37. Snails cannot live in hard soil such as heavy clay soils. When heavy clay soil is too dry, snails cannot dig into it to rest and lay their eggs. When heavy clay is too wet, snails and the eggs they lay may die.</P>
    278 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    279271<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">38. Snails cannot live in loose soil such as soils that have a lot of sand. Sandy soils do not hold enough water for snail eggs to hatch.</P>
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    281273<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">39. The drawings on the next page show how a snail digs a hole, lays its eggs, closes the hole and how the baby snails come out when they have hatched.</P>
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    283275<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">40. Snails need calcium from the soil to make their shells. All snails grow better and have stronger shells when there is a lot of calcium in the soil.</P>
    284 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    285277<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">41. So, if you are going to farm snails, you must have a good medium soil that has neither too much clay nor too much sand. It must also have enough calcium and the right amount of water for your snails to live and grow.</P>
    286 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    287279<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Note</P>
    288280<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">If you have a garden, you can easily tell if your soll is good for snails. If your green leafy vegetables grow well, snails will also grow well in the same kind of soil</P>
    289 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    290282<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p68a.png"></center><br>
    291283 Snails will grow well in a garden</P>
    292 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    293285<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1 snail digging a hole</P>
    294 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    295287<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p68b.png"></center><br>
    296288 1 snail digging a hole</P>
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    298290<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">2 laying the eggs and closing the hole</P>
    299 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    300292<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p68c.png"></center><br>
    301293 Snail laying eggs</P>
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    303295<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">3 baby snails hatching and coming out of the hole</P>
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    305297<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p68d.png"></center><br>
    306298 Baby snails hatching and coming out of the hole</P>
    307 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    308 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
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     308</B>
    318309<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">42. Snails need plants for both food and sheller. Most kinds of snails use several kinds for food and several other kinds for shelter.</P>
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    320311<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p69a.png"></center><br>
    321312 Plants for food and plants for shelter</P>
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    323314<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">43. They may also use different plants for food and shelter at different times of the year. Sometimes during the growing season snails eat and find shelter on the same plants.</P>
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    325316<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">44. Snails usually hide on shelter plants during the day when it is dry and move to food plants to eat at night or early in the morning when they are wet with dew. However, sometimes snails do eat during the day after it has rained.</P>
    326 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    327318<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">45. If you live in a place which has a season when plants do not grow, snails will dig into the soil to rest and they do not eat then.</P>
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    329320<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">46. During the growing season snails will eat a lot and grow very fast if they have food plants that they like.</P>
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    331322<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">47. So, before you begin you will have to find out exactly what plants they like to eat. To do this you will have to watch snails at night when they eat.</P>
    332 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    333324<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p69b.png"></center><br>
    334325 See what snails eat at night</P>
    335 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    336327<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">48. You can tell that snails are eating when you see their heads moving as they scrape food into their mouths. You can also tell when a snail has been eating by the holes it makes in the leaves.</P>
    337 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    338329<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p69c.png"></center><br>
    339330 Snail on leaf</P>
    340 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    341332<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">49. You will also have to find out what plants they like for shelter. To do this you will have to watch snails during the day when they rest.</P>
    342 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    343334<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p70a.png"></center><br>
    344335 See where snails rest during the day</P>
    345 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    346337<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">50. It is often difficult to find snails on shelter plants because they are hiding. So, you will have to look very carefully.</P>
    347 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    348339<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p70b.png"></center><br>
    349340 Snails are hiding on shelter plants</P>
    350 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    351342<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">51. In addition to the food plants, there are many other kinds of foods that you can put into a pen for your snails to eat. You will learn about these foods and when you should use them in the next booklet in this series.</P>
    352 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    353 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
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    355345<!--
     
    360350  </Description>
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    362 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
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    363353<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">52. Dew at night in the growing season helps the plants to grow and makes the leaves and the ground wet so that snails can move about.</P>
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    365355<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">53. Rain in the growing season also helps the plants to grow and it cleans the plants of dust and the dirt that snails leave when they move about. The dirt that snails leave may make them sick.</P>
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    367357<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">54. So, it is very important that the food and shelter plants are wet and clean.</P>
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    369359<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">55. When the leaves are wet, snails move easily, eat more and grow well. When the leaves are dry, snails move very little, or not at all, and they grow poorly.</P>
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    371361<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p70c.png"></center><br>
    372362 Wet leaves are good for snails</P>
    373 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     363
    374364<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">56. When it rains and the plants are clean, the snails will be healthy. When it does not rain and the plants are dirty, the snails may get sick.</P>
    375 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     365
    376366<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">57. Dew and rain also keep the ground moist so that the snails can move easily and dig into it to rest and to lay their eggs.</P>
    377 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     367
    378368<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">58. In the next booklet, you will be told how to wet the leaves of plants and moisten the ground when it is too dry.</P>
    379 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    380 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     369
    381370<B><P></P>
    382371<!--
     
    387376  </Description>
    388377-->
    389 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     378</B>
    390379<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">59. Land that is very wet, low land that does not drain well or land that floods in the rainy season is not good for snail farming.</P>
    391 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     380
    392381<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p71a.png"></center><br>
    393382 Low, wet land is bad for snails</P>
    394 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    395 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     383
    396384<B><P></P>
    397385<!--
     
    402390  </Description>
    403391-->
    404 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     392</B>
    405393<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">60. Wind during the growing season is bad because it dries the dew and dries out the snails.</P>
    406 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     394
    407395<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p71b.png"></center><br>
    408396 Wind is bad for snails</P>
    409 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     397
    410398<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">61. If you decide to farm snails, try to keep them in a place that is protected from the wind.</P>
    411 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     399
    412400<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p71c.png"></center><br>
    413401 Snails should be farmed in a place protected from the wind</P>
    414 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    415 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     402
    416403<B><P></P>
    417404<!--
     
    422409  </Description>
    423410-->
    424 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     411</B>
    425412<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">62. If you decide to farm snails you must keep them in a pen. Snails kept in a well- built pen will not get away easily and you can watch them and take care of them well.</P>
    426 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     413
    427414<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">63. After the first year you will need at least two pens. If you decide to farm more snails you may want even more pens. You will learn how to use two or more pens in the next booklet.</P>
    428 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     415
    429416<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p72a.png"></center><br>
    430417 Two pens the second year</P>
    431 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     418
    432419<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">64. In each pen you can give your snails the right kinds of plants for them to eat and to use as shelter.</P>
    433 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     420
    434421<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">65. In each pen you can put the food and shelter plants near each other so that the snails can move easily from one to the other.</P>
    435 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     422
    436423<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">66. Each pen you build must also keep the snails safe from their enemies. Snails have many enemies. You must be careful to protect them from</P>
    437 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P><DIR>
     424<DIR>
    438425
    439426<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• mice and rats</P>
     
    444431<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• frogs and toads</P>
    445432<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• thieves</P>
    446 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P></DIR>
     433</DIR>
    447434
    448435<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p72b.png"></center><br>
    449436 Protect them from
    450437</P>
    451 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     438
    452439<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">67. A snail pen can be small or large depending on how many snails you want to raise. However, when you first begin, start with a small pen. You will need fewer materials. It will be easier to take care of.</P>
    453 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     440
    454441<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">68. In addition, with a small pen you will need fewer snails to begin. When you know more about raising snails, you can build a bigger pen and get more snails to raise.</P>
    455 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     442
    456443<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">69. A good size for a pen is 5 x 5 metres. Later in this booklet you will learn how to build a small pen of this size.</P>
    457 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    458 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     444
    459445<B><P></P>
    460446<!--
     
    465451  </Description>
    466452-->
    467 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     453</B>
    468454<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">70. If you are using small snails like those you have seen on pages 8 and 9 in this booklet, you will need more snails to begin.</P>
    469 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     455
    470456<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">71. If you are using large snails like those you have seen on pages 10 and 11 in this booklet, you will need fewer snails to begin.</P>
    471 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     457
    472458<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">72. With a pen of 5 x 5 metres (25 square metres) you will need</P>
    473 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     459
    474460<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• 150 snails if you use the small kind (6 for each square metre)</P>
    475461<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• 25 snails if you use the large kind (1 for each square metre).</P>
    476 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     462
    477463<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p73a.png"></center><br>
    478464 150 small snails; 25 large snails</P>
    479 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    480 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     465
    481466<B><P></P>
    482467<!--
     
    487472  </Description>
    488473-->
    489 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     474</B>
    490475<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">73. The amount of snail meat that you will get from small snails will be about the same as what you would get from large snails. This is because you will use many more small snails than large snails and the meat will be about equal.</P>
    491 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     476
    492477<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">74. With one 5 x 5 metre pen you will get 12 to 13 kilograms of snail meat each year and with two 5 x 5 metre pens you will get 24 to 26 kilograms each year.</P>
    493 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     478
    494479<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p73b.png"></center><br>
    495480 12 to 13 kilograms each year; 24 to 26 kilograms each year</P>
    496 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    497 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     481
    498482<B><P></P>
    499483<!--
     
    504488  </Description>
    505489-->
    506 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     490</B>
    507491<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">75. In the first part of this booklet you have learned many things about snails and farming snails. You have learned</P>
    508 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P><DIR>
     492<DIR>
    509493
    510494<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• why it is good to farm snails</P>
     
    514498<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• what kind of soil and how much water in the soil snails need</P>
    515499<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• where to keep snails and how many you need to start</P>
    516 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P></DIR>
     500</DIR>
    517501
    518502<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">76. You may also have been able to learn a lot about snails by watching the wild snails near where you live.</P>
    519 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     503
    520504<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">77. An old farmer may have told you what he knows about snails. Someone who gathers snails to sell to others or another snail farmer may have helped you to learn.</P>
    521 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     505
    522506<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">78. So, now that you know a lot about snails it is time to decide if you would like to start your own snail farm.</P>
    523 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     507
    524508<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">79. If you would like to begin you will learn exactly what to do in the rest of this booklet and in the next booklet.</P>
    525 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    526 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
    527 <B><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
     509
     510<B>
    528511<!--
    529512</Section>
     
    534517  </Description>
    535518-->
    536 <P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
    537 <P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
     519
    538520<P></P>
    539521<!--
     
    543525  </Description>
    544526-->
    545 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     527</B>
    546528<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">80. Try to choose a place that is close to your house. That way you will be able to watch your snails, protect them from their enemies and take care of them easily</P>
    547 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     529
    548530<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p74a.png"></center><br>
    549531 Close to your house</P>
    550 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     532
    551533<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">81. In Items 34 to 41 you were told that to farm snails you must have the right kind of soil with the right amount of water.</P>
    552 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     534
    553535<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">82. Remember, if green leafy vegetables grow well in your soil, snails will also grow well in the same kind of soil.</P>
    554 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     536
    555537<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p74b.png"></center><br>
    556538 If your garden grows well, so will your snails</P>
    557 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     539
    558540<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">83. In Items 59 to 61 you were told that low, wet land and wind are bad for snails. So, avoid low, wet places and try to put your snail farm where it is protected from the wind.</P>
    559 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     541
    560542<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p75a.png"></center><br>
    561543 Avoid low, wet land; Find a place protected from wind</P>
    562 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     544
    563545<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">84. In Item 63 you were told that after the first year you will need at least two pens and later you may want even more. In Item 69 you were told that it is best to start with a small pen of 5 x 5 metres.</P>
    564 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     546
    565547<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">85. So, try to find a place where you can put at least two or three 5 x 5 metre pens.</P>
    566 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     548
    567549<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p75b.png"></center><br>
    568550 two or three 5 x 5 metre pens</P>
    569 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    570 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     551
    571552<B><P></P>
    572553<!--
     
    577558  </Description>
    578559-->
    579 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     560</B>
    580561<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">86. Clean the site and prepare the ground a little before the growing season so that you can build the pen in time to plant the food and shelter plants.</P>
    581 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     562
    582563<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">87. First, mark out a square of 8 x 8 metres on the place that you have chosen.</P>
    583 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     564
    584565<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p75c.png"></center><br>
    585566 Mark and clear the 8 x 8 metre square</P>
    586 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     567
    587568<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">88. That way, with a pen of 5 x 5 metres in the centre of the square, you will have a path of 1.5 metres all the way around it (see Item 92). If you have enough land, the path can be even wider.</P>
    588 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     569
    589570<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">89. Clear the square of trees, bushes grass, creeping grass and weeds. Take away all of the roots and the big stones that you can.</P>
    590 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     571
    591572<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p76a.png"></center><br>
    592573 Take away roots and big stones</P>
    593 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     574
    594575<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">90. Spread the plant material that you have cleaned evenly on the ground and cover the whole square. If there is not enough, bring more plant material from another place.</P>
    595 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     576
    596577<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p76b.png"></center><br>
    597578 Cover the square with plant materials</P>
    598 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     579
    599580<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">91. When the plant material is dry, burn it. This will kill the insects, the weed seeds and the roots of creeping grass, and rid the ground of mice, rats and shrews.</P>
    600 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     581
    601582<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p76c.png"></center><br>
    602583 Burn the plant materials</P>
    603 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     584
    604585<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Note</P>
    605586<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Insecticides and poisons can also be used to rid your pen of insects, mice, rats and other enemies of snails. However, if you use them, do not use them by yourself because they are very dangerous. Ask someone who knows how to use them, such as your extension agent.</P>
    606 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     587
    607588<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">92. Now mark out a smaller square of 5 x 5 metres inside the big square. This is for your first snail pen.</P>
    608 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     589
    609590<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p77a.png"></center><br>
    610591 Mark the 5 x 5 metre square</P>
    611 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     592
    612593<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">93. Dig the ground in the smaller square to a depth of 20 centimetres and turn it over well. As you dig, remove any rubbish or roots that you find.</P>
    613 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     594
    614595<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p77b.png"></center><br>
    615596 Dig in the ground</P>
    616 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     597
    617598<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">94. While you are digging, if you see any more insects or any of the enemies of snails, bring more dry plant material and burn the ground again. To farm snails, the area must be free of insects, mice, rats and other enemies.</P>
    618 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     599
    619600<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">95. When you have finished digging, the ground in the 5 x 5 metre square should be as smooth and well worked as it would be if you were planting a vegetable garden.</P>
    620 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     601
    621602<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p77c.png"></center><br>
    622603 The 5 x 5 metre square should be smooth</P>
    623 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     604
    624605<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">96. However, do not use any fertilizer, animal manure or compost as you might with a vegetable garden. Fertilizers may burn the snails and animal manure or compost may bring in insects and weed seeds.</P>
    625 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    626 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
    627 <B><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
     606
     607<B>
    628608<!--
    629609</Section>
     
    634614  </Description>
    635615-->
    636 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     616</B>
    637617<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">97. Build a pen for your snails as soon as you can after you have burned the plant material. This is to keep other insects, mice, rats or shrews from getting into your pen.</P>
    638 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     618
    639619<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">98. A snail pen is a simple fenced- in area and you can build a fence using</P>
    640 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P><DIR>
     620<DIR>
    641621
    642622<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• corrugated sheet metal or plastic sheets</P>
    643623<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• woven plant material</P>
    644624<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• woven plant material with chicken wire</P>
    645 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P></DIR>
     625</DIR>
    646626
    647627<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p78a.png"></center><br>
    648628 Materials for fence</P>
    649 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     629
    650630<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Using corrugated sheet metal or plastic sheets</P>
    651 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     631
    652632<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">99. A fence of corrugated sheet metal or plastic sheets makes the best pen for snails because it keeps out their enemies very well. However, sheet metal or plastic costs a lot of money.</P>
    653 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     633
    654634<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p78b.png"></center><br>
    655635 A fence of corrugated sheet metal</P>
    656 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     636
    657637<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">100. If you are going to build a pen using corrugated metal or plastic, you must build it in such a way that the enemies of snails cannot get in between the sheets.</P>
    658 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    659 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     638
    660639<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Using woven plant material</P>
    661 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     640
    662641<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">101. To save money, you can build a fence of woven plant material such as split bamboo. If the woven material is tight, it will keep out enough of enemies for you to farm snails.</P>
    663 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     642
    664643<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p79a.png"></center><br>
    665644 Woven material</P>
    666 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     645
    667646<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Using woven plant material with chicken wire</P>
    668 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     647
    669648<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">102. If you can get fine- mesh chicken wire, you can improve a fence that is made of woven material.</P>
    670 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     649
    671650<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p79b.png"></center><br>
    672651 Chicken wire</P>
    673 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     652
    674653<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">103. To do this, first make the fence of chicken wire and then cover it with woven material.</P>
    675 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     654
    676655<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p79c.png"></center><br>
    677656 First use chicken wire then cover it with woven material</P>
    678 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     657
    679658<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">104. The chicken wire will keep out rats and other small animals. The woven plant material will keep most of the insects out and keep the snails in.</P>
    680 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     659
    681660<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p79d.png"></center><br>
    682661 Keep out small animals</P>
    683 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     662
    684663<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Note</P>
    685664<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">With any kind of pen animals such as rats may get in, and this is especially true with pens made only of woven plant material. So, you must always watch for rats and other animals and keep them out.</P>
    686 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     665
    687666<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">How to build the fence</P>
    688 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     667
    689668<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">105. Build the fence as you would any fence, by driving posts into the ground. Use posts 1.40 metres long. When the posts are in place they should be 1.00 metre above and 0.40 metre below the ground.</P>
    690 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     669
    691670<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p80a.png"></center><br>
    692671 Drive posts into the ground</P>
    693 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     672
    694673<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">106. Whatever material you use for the fence of your pen, it should be buried 0.40 metre below the ground.</P>
    695 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     674
    696675<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">107. If you are using woven material you will have to change the bottom of the fence when it rots.</P>
    697 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     676
    698677<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">108. This can be done more easily by making the woven material in two parts, one for the top and one for the bottom. When the bottom part rots, you can change it without having to change the whole fence.</P>
    699 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     678
    700679<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p80b.png"></center><br>
    701680 Attach top parts first; attach bottom parts second</P>
    702 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     681
    703682<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Keeping your snails in the pen</P>
    704 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     683
    705684<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">109. Many of your snails may crawl over the fence and get out of the pen. If you build a flap on the inside at the top of the fence, it will be more difficult for your snails to get out.</P>
    706 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     685
    707686<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">110. However, even with a flap some snails may get out, and for this reason many snail farmers put two flaps on their fence. With two flaps they find that fewer snails get out.</P>
    708 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     687
    709688<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p81a.png"></center><br>
    710689 With two flaps, your snails will not easily crawl out of the pen</P>
    711 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     690
    712691<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Note</P>
    713692<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">If you make your pen using galvanized sheet metal, you will not need flaps. Snails will not crawl on galvanized sheet metal.</P>
    714 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     693
    715694<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">111. The drawings show you how to build a 5 x 5 metre pen using woven plant material, with and without chicken wire and how to build flaps to keep your snails in.</P>
    716 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     695
    717696<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p81b.png"></center><br>
    718697 How to build a 5 x 5 metre small pen</P>
    719 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     698
    720699<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">3 if you are using woven material only, attach it as you were told to do in Item 108</P>
    721 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     700
    722701<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p82a.png"></center><br>
    723702 Attach woven material</P>
    724 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     703
    725704<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4 If you are using chicken wire and woven material, attach the chicken wire first and then the woven material</P>
    726 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     705
    727706<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p82b.png"></center><br>
    728707 Attach the chicken material first</P>
    729 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     708
    730709<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5 be sure that the fence cover goes all the way to the bottom of the 0.40- m trench</P>
    731 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     710
    732711<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p82c.png"></center><br>
    733712 0.40- m trench</P>
    734 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     713
    735714<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">6 fill in the trench</P>
    736 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     715
    737716<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p82d.png"></center><br>
    738717 Fill in the trench</P>
    739 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     718
    740719<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">7 attach the flaps to the inside of the pen</P>
    741720<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Note: use woven material 0.25 m wide for the flaps</P>
    742 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     721
    743722<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">8 first attach the bottom flap using heavy cord</P>
    744 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     723
    745724<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p83a.png"></center><br>
    746725 Use heavy cord</P>
    747 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     726
    748727<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">9 then attach the top flap</P>
    749 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    750 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
    751 <B><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
     728
     729<B>
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    759 </B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     737</B>
    760738<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">112. You have already been told that you should clean and prepare the site and build your snail pen in time for the planting season.</P>
    761 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     739
    762740<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">113. If it has been only a short time since you dug the ground and worked the soil in your pen, you can begin to plant.</P>
    763 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     741
    764742<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">114. If it has been a long time, dig and work the soil again before you plant. However, as you were told in Item 96, do not use fertilizer, animal manure or compost.</P>
    765 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     743
    766744<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">115. Now you can begin to plant the food and shelter plants. Remember that you should use</P>
    767 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P><DIR>
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    768746
    769747<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• plants that grow well where you live</P>
    770748<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• plants that last a long time</P>
    771749<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• plants that snails like</P>
    772 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P></DIR>
     750</DIR>
    773751
    774752<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">116. The drawings, show you two ways to plant food and shelter plants in a 5 x 5 metre pen.</P>
    775 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     753
    776754<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">117. On pages 50 to 55 you will see some food and shelter plants that snails are known to like. Look at them carefully. Perhaps you can find some of them where you live.</P>
    777 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     755
    778756<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Two ways plant food and shelter plants</P>
    779 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     757
    780758<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1 if your shelter plants are small, plant your pen like this</P>
    781 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     759
    782760<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p84a.png"></center><br>
    783761 Mark three places for small shelter plants</P>
    784 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     762
    785763<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">2 plant the shelter plants first and then plant the food plants all around the shelter plants</P>
    786 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     764
    787765<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p84b.png"></center><br>
    788766 First plant the shelter plants</P>
    789 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     767
    790768<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">3 if your shelter plants are large, plant your pen like this</P>
    791 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     769
    792770<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p84c.png"></center><br>
    793771 Mark only one place for large shelter plants</P>
    794 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     772
    795773<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4 plant the shelter plants first and then plant the food plants all around the shelter plants</P>
    796 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     774
    797775<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p84d.png"></center><br>
    798776 Leave a path inside the fence</P>
    799 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    800 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     777
    801778<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">RAMPE</P>
    802 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     779
    803780<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p85a.png"></center><br>
    804781 Some plants for food</P>
    805 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     782
    806783<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Rape is one of many kinds of smooth- leaved cabbage. It grows from seed and lasts a number of months. Rape is the best food plant for Helix snails (see pages 8 and 9 in this booklet). Many of the other kinds of smooth- leaved cabbage also make good food plants for snails.</P>
    807 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     784
    808785<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p85b.png"></center><br>
    809786 Rape</P>
    810 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     787
    811788<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">AFRICAN SPINACH (Amaranthus)</P>
    812789<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">This green leafy vegetable is a good food plant for young Achatina and Archachatina snails. However, if you plant African spinach for your snails, they will need other kinds of food plants as well.</P>
    813 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     790
    814791<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p85c.png"></center><br>
    815792 African spinach</P>
    816 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     793
    817794<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">PAPAYA</P>
    818795<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">You have already been told that snails can be given food to eat other than the food plants that you have planted in the pen (see also Items 175 to 179 in the next booklet). The tender green leaves and cut- up fruit of the papaya tree are very good for Achatina and Archachatina snails. However, the papaya should not be planted inside the pen.</P>
    819 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     796
    820797<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p86a.png"></center><br>
    821798 Papaya</P>
    822 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     799
    823800<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">HORSE- RADISH</P>
    824801<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Horse- radish is a good food and shelter plant for young Helix snails. However, when they are older they will need other kinds of food plants as well.</P>
    825 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     802
    826803<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p86b.png"></center><br>
    827804 Horse- Radish</P>
    828 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     805
    829806<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">LEAF BEET</P>
    830807<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Leaf beet grows well from seed and lives for one year. It can be used with He/ix snails for both food and for shelter. As a food plant alone it is not the best and you will have to give your snails other food plants as well. However, as a shelter plant it is very good for Helix snails. These snails lay eggs under the beet plants and find shelter around the roots in cold weather.</P>
    831 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     808
    832809<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p86c.png"></center><br>
    833810 Leaf Beet</P>
    834 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     811
    835812<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">BURDOCK</P>
    836813<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Burdock grows from seed and lives for more than a year. It grows very slowly and you should plant it as soon as you can so that it can grow big enough for your snails. However, once it has grown it makes a good food and shelter plant for almost any kind of snail.</P>
    837 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     814
    838815<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p87a.png"></center><br>
    839816 Burdock</P>
    840 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     817
    841818<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">BANANA and LOOFAH</P>
    842819<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Banana and loofah plants together provide both food and shelter for Achatina and Archachatina snails. Ripe bananas can be cut up and fed to the snails and they can use the loofah plant for food and for shelter. However, your snails will need other food plants as well.</P>
    843 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     820
    844821<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p87b.png"></center><br>
    845822 Banana and Loofah</P>
    846 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     823
    847824<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">PLANTAGO</P>
    848825<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Plantago grows well from seed and lasts about two years. It is the best shelter plant for Helix snails.</P>
    849 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     826
    850827<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p87c.png"></center><br>
    851828 Plantago</P>
    852 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     829
    853830<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">ASPARAGUS</P>
    854831<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Asparagus lives for many years and it is a good shelter plant for young Achatina and Archachatina snails. However, it is not good for older snails because they are too heavy for asparagus plants.</P>
    855 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
    856 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
     832
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    865841<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">118. The food plants must be big enough to feed your snails and the shelter plants tall enough to cover them and to protect them from the sun.</P>
    866 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     842
    867843<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">119. Depending on the kind of snails that you are raising, most plants will be big enough after they have been growing for about five to six weeks or when they have reached a height of 10 to 20 centimetres.</P>
    868 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     844
    869845<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><center><img src="f33p88a.png"></center><br>
    870846 Plants will grow to a height of 10 to 20 cm.</P>
    871 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     847
    872848<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">120. When you are sure that the plants are big enough to provide food and shelter, you can begin to collect the snails and put them into the pen.</P>
    873 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
     849
    874850<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">121. In Booklet No. 34, Farming snails 2, you will learn</P>
    875 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P><DIR>
     851<DIR>
    876852
    877853<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• how to choose good snails and how to put them in the pen</P>
     
    879855<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• when and how to harvest snails</P>
    880856<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">• how to prepare snails for cooking</P>
    881 <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P></DIR>
     857</DIR>
    882858
    883859<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">122. You will also be told some things that you can do to improve your snail farm so that later when you have more experience you can raise more and better snails.</P></FONT>
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