Discussion questions from my 2nd period.

I found some work from the book in my binder and i was thinking it MIGHT be good to mention on here, because you know, it's educational and it wont hurt to put it down.

○ The amount of the pasture required per horse depends on the use of the pasture, how it's managed, the kind of pasture, and the amount of moisture available.
○ Pastures should often be fertilized and horses should be rotated.
○ Silage may be used to replace up to one half of the hay in horse's ration.
○ Legume hay has a higher protein and mineral content. Grass hay is lower in protein and needs to be fed with a protein supplement.
○ Oats decrease digestive problems, corn is higher in energy, but needs to be fed with care, barley needs to be rolled or crushed to be fed to horses.
○ Soybean feed is high in protein and has a good balance of amino acids, cotton seed meal isn't as palatable as soybean meal but it's used widely in the southwest for protein supplement.
○ Pelleted feed is very convenient and there's often less waste, but they're generally more expensive and horses tend to chew on bedding and wood more when fed.
○ Horses drink 10-12 gallons of water per day. Hard working horses drink more and hot weather increases the need for water.

I hope this helped, you guys! (: