Re: beet pulp and camping

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

Book values would be about 16 lbs/day for a horse doing light work to 21 lbs/day for a horse in moderate work. Trail riding is usually considered light work, but mountains and distance could easily change that - not however if the horse is only keeping up with hikers. Beet pulp is a fine food, but I am not sure I would want to feed it as 100% of diet - and certainly not for extended periods. In any case, the food change should be done gradually.

I am currently useing LMF taco pellets for backcountry use where certified weed free feed is required. It is  better balanced, but I would prefer to find something with a somewhat higher fiber content; but choices are limited.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net

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From: guest@endurance.net <guest@endurance.net>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 5:54 PM
Subject: beet pulp and camping


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>From: Nina T. Vasiliev 
>Email: rmac@inreach.com
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>Hello friends,
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>I may bring my horse along on a teen camping trip and was wondering... If the forest service will not allow him to eat what natually grows, how much beet pulp I would have to bring to feed a 1000 lb Arab for three days of hiking with the group?  Any thoughts?
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>Thanks, Nina
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