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At the moment I can’t think of a downside to FB support of horse powered ag. . I was involved with Farm Beureau in South Carolina on the county level and had some problems with the way the policy manual was being (or NOT) being followed.I brought this to the attention of both the county board and the state office with little concern at either level. The state office said membership was so far down they didn’t want to interfere and maybe lose members. On another issue was with an Equine Promotion Bill here in SC. The South Carolina Horsemens Council had to fight very hard and butt heads with FB to get the bill worded to where the at lease part of the directors of the bill would be elected by horseowners and not appointed by elected officials. On the national level, if you are concerned about illegal immigration , increasing the national debt ( mostly in the Farm Bill)….CRP and paid not to farm…. price supports instead of a market driven farm economy, farm ID numbers, NAIS …. you might want to check out FB a little more .

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What is CPL?

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Just courious how many cubic yards or cubic feet of wood ash to make a ton ?. How many tons( approximately) of green mixed (various species) hardwood to make a ton of ash? Hydrated lime has a 40 lbs / ft3 if I remember right or ~ 1.9 yds3 / ton

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I have been told that the molasses in sweet feed is not the same as what we eat. It is a by product of the sugar industry and most of the ” sweet” has already be extracted out. I’m pretty sure the taste buds of aminals and humans are different so horses and other animals may detect a sweetness . If you get a chance to be at a feed mill that blends feed get them to let you taste the molasses before they add it, you may be surprised at the taste. I was always told the feed grade molasses was used to bind the fine particles of the grains together to keep it from being dusty. I have never heard or seen any info on nutritional value of feed grade molasses.

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Cracks from an abcess and quarter cracks are two differnt types of cracks. A crack from an abcess that has blown out at the cornary band will be horizontial and a quarter crack is vertical. A crack from an abcess can cause some minor problems with nail placement if you are shoeing but ,generally , you can punch a new nail hole to avoid the crack or leave a nail out if it interferes with the crack. When the hoof grows out and the crack gets near the groung it may break off and leave a gap on the ground surface of the foot. If this happens on the inside of the foot some type of patch may be used to keep the opposite foot from catching the exposed shoe where the crack broke off . If it is on the outside of the foot I rarely worry about it

A quater crack is a a whole different type of crack. Quater cracks come from improper weight bearing … some part of the foot being too long. A lot of farrieres use the term “out of ballance ” . There are a lot of quick type fixes for quater cracks but no quick fix will last until the foot is trimmed to bear weight properly. No cream , ointment or anything else you can put on the out side of the foot will solve a crack, nor will any type of patch. Only a proper weight bearing will solve the problem and even that will take a long time to remedy the situation. And yes, a quater crack can be very painful.

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I am serious… what difference does it make so long as the job gets done.?

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Should I just change their names to something they like? I know they can read because I feed them in their stalls which are labeled with their names and they report to them without encouragement or error twice a day to eat.

thanks,

Larry

Please …..please tell us you are kidding.

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I know everbody has their favorites and every breed association claims theirs to be the best at what ever they do. I have three Haflingers and enjoy them alot. Each one has a different personality to deal with which I think is true in every breed. At the present ,I have three which I use on our farm and can hook and use them as a single, team,or three abreast in any combination or in any position . They have pulled logs,flex harrows ,grain drill , disc, mowing machine,hayrake, cultivator, sled , wagon ,walking plow,riding plow and anything else I have decided to hitch to. They range from 975 lbs. to 1075 lbs. and are basicly air ferns to keep. Even when working hard and regular it doesn’t take much to keep their weight and energy up. You can get an idiot in any breed but I have seen very few in the Haflinger breed.A friend of mine (and a good teamser in my opinion) took in a team to put some miles on last fall and they were nuts, both on the ground and harnessed. Fairly good for one minuet and crazy as an outhouse rat the next. There are several advantages of Haflinger size horses …. they are easy to harness…most are easy keepers… handy in tight places….most farrriers don’t mind working on these sized animals if you are not capeable of doing your own hooftrimming/ shoeing …. they fit in good in smaller gardens … and you can always hook more up if you need to. We had a team of Percherons @ about 2100 lbs each , loved them and miss them but they were over kill for most of what we do. I may get big horses again if I find the right mares .. not because I would need them but because I would want them.

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@Plowboy 8273 wrote:

We quit getting it because of the politics and bazaar editorials. It used to be great but Lynn gets off on some tangents now days. More worried about the government than the actual day to day work of the draft animal world which we are all really interested in instead of rampant BS.

I agree. Also the the last few issues have been late or non existant for me and no respondse from SFJ

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@Eboy 8206 wrote:

Hi

and made a paste of black walnut, garlic, devils claw, and m.

Robin

Black walnut is toxic to horses (in very small doses) and can/will cause them to founder

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I’m in South Carolina. Also I forgot to mention it is a left hand…..seems to make a big difference to some folks. That’s never been a problem for me. What is the problem of a a left hand plow? Plowing is plowing isn’t it?

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