Experts Choose Perfect Cow Chips
Chips Need Weeks To Dry Out
Updated: 7:19 am CDT July 22, 2008
SAUK COUNTY, Wis. -- Some residents of Sauk County were hard at work on Monday evening choosing the perfect cow chips for the annual chip throwing competition.
VIDEO: Watch The ReportCow chips are a dried pile of cow manure.The chip-throwing competition is held annually on Labor Day weekend, but the chips need weeks to fully dry before they're ready for throwing."Last year when we picked, so many were really light that you couldn't even throw them," said Russ Ballweg, who has chosen the chips for 20 years. "They would just break apart. These are really nice, there's a nice consistency to them, nice size. Once they dry out then they should be around the right weight to throw."The state cow chip throw is Aug. 29 and Aug. 30 at Marion Park in Prairie Du Sac.
VIDEO: Watch The ReportCow chips are a dried pile of cow manure.The chip-throwing competition is held annually on Labor Day weekend, but the chips need weeks to fully dry before they're ready for throwing."Last year when we picked, so many were really light that you couldn't even throw them," said Russ Ballweg, who has chosen the chips for 20 years. "They would just break apart. These are really nice, there's a nice consistency to them, nice size. Once they dry out then they should be around the right weight to throw."The state cow chip throw is Aug. 29 and Aug. 30 at Marion Park in Prairie Du Sac. Copyright 2008 by Channel 3000. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
