Re: Re: Confiscated Hay

["Terry Barrall and Felix Rodriguez" <losvagos@navicom.com>]

Really?? Horses eat Kudzu??

I am from Oregon, but have (ex) in-laws in GA. I remember how horrified I
was when I  visited and saw the Kudzu vines canopying a forest, and growing
visibly each day. CREEPY. Well, recently a 1/2 acre patch has been seen on
some remote acreage in Oregon, and I am ill. Our DNR folks are all worked
up, and for good reason! With out climate and soils, coupled with the remote
areas we have, Oregon'll be completely vine covered in no time. To date our
worst botanical pest has been the (introduced) Himalayan Blackberry, but
it's NOTHING compared to Kudzu.

Yet, if horses like it, I can't help but wonder if there isn't an answer
here.... <LOL> I mean, there's plenty around and NONE of it desired. I
wonder what the nutritional makeup of this monster is? Can a small fortune
be made in pelletizing it and shipping it to folks as a horse feed? Cattle
feed? <VBG!!>

Terry B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>
To: Teddy@runningbear.com <Teddy@runningbear.com>
Cc: hwb67@msn.com <hwb67@msn.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net
<ridecamp@endurance.net>; kmprice51@hotmail.com <kmprice51@hotmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:13 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Confiscated Hay


>We are INFESTED with multi-flora rose and
>> all the SE USA is infested with Kudzu vine.
>
>Hey, horses LOVE to eat Kudzu.  I was toying with the idea of just having
>one Kudzu vine, planted in a feeder...and the horse could eat all day
>every day, keeping up with the approximate speed that the Kudzu grows.
>Could be the perfect answer to some of us folks who are short on acreage.
>
>Angie
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