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Wore plum-out!

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PLOWBOY

09-04-2001 05:53:37




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I,ve got about 10 acres of pasture with 6 hayburners(horses)on it,needless to say the pasture is give out and hard as brick. I know the first thing I need to do is call the dog food man (LOL)and then a lawyer for the BIG-D. Anyway, any advise on making the best of what I've got..... .
What to do first-Disk & lime it,seed it or what?
I cut and bale hay on 20 acres on shares 90% mine. So I can keep the horses off of the 10 but for how long?

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Firetruck

09-05-2001 10:21:11




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 Re: Wore plum-out! in reply to PLOWBOY, 09-04-2001 05:53:37  
These guys all have good advice. You may want to pick up a copy of Carol Ekarius's book "small scale livestock farming" I got mine at Amazon.com . It has some real good ideas on how to get the most of your acreage. I really enjoyed it and I've got a few days on the farm under my belt. Good Luck.



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DaveH

09-04-2001 07:29:11




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 Re: Wore plum-out! in reply to PLOWBOY, 09-04-2001 05:53:37  
Tom in PA in sending down the right track plowboy, I'd also advise looking into crossfencing that 10 acres and trying some rotational grazing. depending on what part of the country you're in, its almost time to sow ryegrass. (my horses love it)



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Tim(nj)

09-04-2001 14:48:08




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 Re: Re: Wore plum-out! in reply to DaveH, 09-04-2001 07:29:11  
You feed ryegrass to your horses? The horse "experts" around here say it'll kill them. Of course, they say a lot of other things that aren't quite right about horses, either. (but they know everything - they read it all in "Horses for Dummies")



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DaveH

09-06-2001 07:14:45




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 Re: Re: Re: Wore plum-out! in reply to Tim(nj), 09-04-2001 14:48:08  
Hey Tim,
UGA did some cafeteria test with forages a couple of years ago, it seems that they'll selectively graze ryegrass over just about anything.



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DaveH

09-06-2001 11:32:16




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Wore plum-out! in reply to DaveH, 09-06-2001 07:14:45  
Hey Tim,
I think it was in Southern Forages that I read that, I'll try to look tonight and see if I can find the exact reference for you.



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Tim(nj)

09-06-2001 11:10:30




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Wore plum-out! in reply to DaveH, 09-06-2001 07:14:45  
That's good to know. I'll see if I can find some of those test results and prove the "experts" wrong . . . again.



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Tom-Pa

09-04-2001 07:26:27




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 Re: Wore plum-out! in reply to PLOWBOY, 09-04-2001 05:53:37  
Renovated a pasture for a friend of mine this year. First thing we did was go to the local county ag office and got the soil sample kit and found out it needed lots of lime..then I wnt over it with the disc and worked the lime in good then i seeded it with a horse pasture mix of orchard grass,timothy, red clover, ladino clover, and then ran some bedsprings over it..luckily it rained 2 days later...The pasture looks very good now, had to cut the high stuff as he kept the horses off too long, but they are really grazing it now...
Do not use any alfalfa, and make sure no red maples are where the horses can eat the leaves.
Other than that;
Good Luck
Tom-Pa

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tlak

09-06-2001 17:11:28




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 Re: Re: Wore plum-out! in reply to Tom-Pa, 09-04-2001 07:26:27  
Whats with alfalfa? Is it a bad paster grass or something not for horses? Around hereKY they call a mix of alfalfa and orchard grass, horse hay. In Tx the horse hay was coastal.



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Tim(nj)

09-06-2001 20:23:06




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 Re: Re: Re: Wore plum-out! in reply to tlak, 09-06-2001 17:11:28  
It is my understanding that alfalfa does not stand up to intensive grazing so using it in a pasture is a waste of money.



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