RE: [sumo] Question

["Russell, Edgar" <EDGAR.E.RUSSELL@us.army.mil>]

What is Ichinoya?  

Takamiyama II


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From: Dale Carlson [mailto:drc@oz.net] 
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 5:58 AM
To: sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: [sumo] Question


At 02:43 AM 8/7/03 -0700, Dubya wrote:
>Someone told me there is no such thing as a stupid
>question, which has come as a great relief to me. I
>have a question that I have not seen addressed in any
>FAQ.  What happens to the salt that is thrown on the
>dohyo after a full day of the basho?  There must be a
>big accumulation of salt, probably many kilos.  Is it
>just swept up and thrown away?  That would be an
>incredible waste.  As a rancher, I need to supply salt
>licks for the cattle.  Could the salt from each basho
>be compressed into blocks and sold to ranchers?  Just
>an idea.

Sorry, but it's all collected and used to aid in the preservation of
Ichinoya.

Dale

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