[AT] Hey Ralph!

[charlie hill]

The horse people I used to hang around with fed alfalfa
as if it were candy.  They fed primarily coastal Bermuda grass
hay and sweet feed and some alfalfa as a treat.  That was partly
because around here alfalfa is expensive but mostly because they
claimed alfalfa was too strong.  By the time the horse got enough
bulk to be full he had consumed too much nutrients I guess.  They
said too much alfalfa would colic the horses.

Charlie


-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike M
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 9:56 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Hey Ralph!

Slobbers is caused by a fungus that grows on the clover, ours horses
munch away on our clover with no problems.  Horses love alfalfa, it's
like candy to them, when we feed second cutting, ours will root through
the hay to find it.

Mike M

On 11/22/2015 5:43 PM, ATIS wrote:
> I planted clover in with my orchard grass for my alpacas, and they loved 
> it so much they grazed it so close they killed it. So I don't have any 
> clover anymore.
>
> When I raised hay, I had clover in with the orchardgrass fescue mix to 
> minimize nitrogen application. Local horse people would buy the first 
> cutting, but they would not buy the second cutting because they feared the 
> slobbers. The second cutting of clover is the one that causes slobbers 
> apparently.  I have no idea if they know what they're talking about, I've 
> never raised horses.  That first year the second cutting sold to a rescue 
> farm that didn't care.  They just needed cheap protein(these poor animals 
> were skin and bones - I hated making deliveries and seeing those animals) 
> .  The next spring I had to spray to kill the clover, to be able to sell 
> all of the cuttings.
>
> Just a data point on legumes planted and harvested with my antique 
> tractors.
>
> Spencer Yost
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