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Hi all!

Thinking of the movie Hidalgo, what about dried dates?  Does anyone know 
whether or not dates have any nutrient value as far as endurance is 
concerned?  [hoping I can pitch the probiotic I paid over $30 for!!].

Thanks!
Christy


> From: "Sherman" <sherman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   bananas/toxic fruit & veggies
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:56:05 -0800
>
> Potatos & tomatos are listed in the nightshade group as toxic to horses 
> with a note that the toxic alkoloids are destroyed by cooking. There are 
> some good pics of other toxic plants on this website 
> http://extension.oregonstate.edu/linn/content1/poisonplants.php . It's good 
> to be able to recognize these plants as some of them have a cumulative 
> effect (such as fiddleneck), so you don't want your horse to nibble any. I 
> have a few of them on our 5 acres, but I hand pull them every year so have 
> less and less to deal with, with the exception of curly dock. Being a 
> perrenial with a long taproot, I just can't get them out of the ground and 
> haven't found a spot weed-killer that works on it yet. Although what grows 
> here is not "curly" so I don't know if it is toxic (does anyone know??), 
> but it sure is obnoxious looking, so I'll keep trying.
>
> Kathy

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