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Is this intended for feeding meat-producing livestock or for horses...? There's a quote in that article I immediately noticed that I'm not sure I buy into: " "God never made animals to eat dry hay and grain, God made animals to eat green feed and that's all we are doing," the Fodder Factory's Peter Ryan." Did horses really evolve in areas where there is always green grass? My understanding is that horses first appeared on the American plains (although they were extinct in North America by the time Columbus arrived). I believe that grass was generally sparse in the areas they first lived, and that the practice of feeding them on lush green pastures is a man-made practice. I do believe that grain is a fairly foreign foodstuff for horses, but I'd bet much of the natural forage they found on their own (especially in winter) was more hay-like than green-fescue-like. I typically try to closely observe my horses when the grass is growing fast, so the idea of feeding them freshly sprouted greenstuffs makes me a wee bit edgy. Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.6/938 - Release Date: 8/5/2007 4:16 PM "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] The video every Icelandic Horse owner should have: http://IceHorses.net/video.html [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses [] IceHorses ToolBar http://iceryder.ourtoolbar.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
