Re: RC: Re: Re: Confiscated Hay

[Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@mindspring.com>]

Too bad it's in Oregon. DNR might as well give up, the game over - they lost!
As far as horses eatting it, well given the estimate of 100 pounds of grass per
day a horse eats I'd say that there is no chance they can keep it at bay. The
kudzu would cover them over just like it does, power poles, fences, barns and
your house if you go on a vacation. I'd also be careful camping out near it. If
you over sleep, you are probably under three feet of kudzu.

There is one good thing about kudzu, however.  It will very quickly cover up
those unsightly rusty cars on blocks sitting in most southerners yards and
leaves a nice attractive rolling land scape where those old cars are.

Truman

Terry Barrall and Felix Rodriguez wrote:

> 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.
>