RE: Re: Re: Re: sudan hay

["Bob Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

<<<<IMO, the closest thing to nutritional magic you can get
is natural rangland
like Bob Morris has in his backyard, hopefully with enough
rainfall that it
isn't all dead and brown by summer.>>>>

Yes, lots of moisture!!! 3.5 inches or 40% below normal this
year. Dead and brown? Hell, it just did not grow enough to
get dead and brown. We have had about 0.4 inches of rain in
the past two weeks though. We have not yet pulled up anchor
on the ark as yet.

Horses are in very good shape as we are feeding a bale of
hay per day for six horses right now. They clean it up so
there is none left by morning. If our fall rains come on
time we should be OK. Perhaps the cheat grass will hold us
over the winter. If not we buy more hay.

Bob Morris

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Garlinghouse [mailto:suendavid@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 4:34 PM
To: Cora; Carol Heard; ridecamp
Subject: RC: Re: Re: Re: sudan hay




> Susan...What would be the ideal or best you can do pasture
grass...Cora


I don't think there is an ideal, because what would grow
like crazy in
Georgia probably won't grow well at all in Nebraska.
Rainfall, soil type,
number and type of animals grazing, etc, all make a
difference.

IMO, the closest thing to nutritional magic you can get is
natural rangland
like Bob Morris has in his backyard, hopefully with enough
rainfall that it
isn't all dead and brown by summer.  Lots and lots of
different varieties of
natural grasses and enough of it that it never gets
overgrazed.

For the rest of us poor mere mortals that don't live in
Bob's back yard <g>,
if you're thinking of seeding some land for pasture, then
I'd contact a
local county extension agent.  They know what will grow in
the area for the
conditions.

Susan G


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