Re: correction to dry matter calculations

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Kim (and
at-least-I-wasn't-the-one-who-couldn't-count-but-I-do-use-double-negatives,
'Lee)

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On Thu, 4 Dec 1997 14:08:13 +0700, vanhove@unavco.ucar.edu (Teresa Van
Hove) wrote:

> The correct calculation would be:
> [(1000 lb horse * 1.5% DM feed per lb of horse) / 23% DM content) =
> a whopping 65.2 lbs of pasture.
>
> >>The water in the grass will
> quickly be absorbed by the small intestine (1/2 hour or so after
> ingesting), so in turn, Sugar Lips will take fewer trips to the watering
> hole. >>
>
> and since water weighs something like 7 lbs per gallon, this just means
> 65*77%/7 or 7 gallons less water the horse
> has to drink.
>
> Teresa

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