How much they are fed depends on whether they are working or not and how hard they are worked. What they are fed is most easliy determined by what is available in your area. Timothy is the standard in your part of the country but to say that horses should not be fed Alfalfa or Clover is preposterous. If available and competitively priced good legume hay should be included in the ration of every class of livestock, there is no equal as far as economically supplying vitamins, minerals and protein in a palatable ration, the amount fed does have to be regulated, both to avoid overfeeding and from a cost standpoint. Horses at hard work should be fed a bulky ration such as oats or at least a high percentage of bulky and laxative feeds as compared to heavy feeds such as corn. Feeding livestock is not complicated if common sense pricipals are followed, all animals require sufficient feed to maintain their bodies and then extra to compensate for the work they are doing, the growth they are making, the milk they are giving etc. You can buy a copy of Morrisons ''feeds and feeding'' on e-bay or at a used book store for little or nothing, this was the standard college text book for many years and even though it has been out of print over 50 years the information is just as relevent today as it was then.
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