Re: Fwd: RC: Funny smelling beet pulp

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

I wouldn't feed beet pulp with wood in it either, at least not to horses.
Cattle could handle it no problem, but horses aren't as efficient a hindgut
fermenter, and you could wind up with impaction problems.

I had a similar attitude problem with a feed store once.  They got pretty
snippy because I was returning a moldy bale of hay and no, "pro-rating" me
for the unused portion wasn't okay with me.  The salesgirl told me I could
take my business elsewhere, and I said fine, me AND my $6000 a year feed
budget would be on my way.  The manager happened to walk in and fell all
over himself to replace the moldy hay, plus some extra (which I hadn't asked
for) to make up for the fifty miles I'd driven to get there.  It's worth
making the owner/manager know you're a good customer and that you have a
legitimate gripe.  If they won't bend, you don't want to deal with them,
anyway.

In the meantime, if you don't have a cow to give the 'woody' beet pulp to,
just throw it on the bushes for mulch/compost.  Might as well put the
nutrients back into the soil as burn it.

Susan G


> >I noticed this stuff smells fishy.
> >
> >The thing that irritates me about the feed store is that since April,
> >when we got into horses, sheep, goats, and barnyard fowl, I've literally
> >spent thousands of dollars with them.  I've purchased tack, hay bags,
> >supplements, fly spray, birds, feed, all my hay, not to mention an
> >entire round pen and they are willing to lose my business for an $11 bag
> >of beet pulp!
> >
> >Fortunately, I have not run out of the pellets and am trying to find
> >another supplier.  I just cannot believe that feeding horses wood
> >shavings is healthy.  I'm just glad I noticed the wood and I have not
> >fed them any of the stuff at all.  If there is wood in the pellets then
> >it must be ground very fine.  Not a thought I relish either.
> >
> >The big question is where do I dispose of a #50 pound bag of beet pulp?
> >Does this stuff burn?  We are building a super cool John Wayne fire pit,
> >complete with great big logs encircling it sit on and maybe can use the
> >beet pulp as kindling.  BTW, everyone is invited over on any cold fall
> >evening for fine wine and conversion around the firepit!
> >
> >Kris
> >
> >"When life gives you great big dead mesquite trees build a fire pit and
> >have a party!"
>
>
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