ISBN: 2940013536289

OverviewAn easy-to-read, common sense handbook for all horse owners, from greenhorns to old hands. BEYOND THE HAY DAYS covers everything from simple hay-and-grain basics, to vitamins, min… Mehr…

OverviewAn easy-to-read, common sense handbook for all horse owners, from greenhorns to old hands. BEYOND THE HAY DAYS covers everything from simple hay-and-grain basics, to vitamins, minerals and supplements, including the latest word on glucosamine, Omega fatty acids, bromelain and more. Learn how to meet the nutritional demands of horses at various ages and levels of activity, from pleasure horses to mares, foals and yearlings, to stallions and performance horses. Handy charts and OverviewAn easy-to-read, common sense handbook for all horse owners, from greenhorns to old hands. BEYOND THE HAY DAYS covers everything from simple hay-and-grain basics, to vitamins, minerals and supplements, including the latest word on glucosamine, Omega fatty acids, bromelain and more. Learn how to meet the nutritional demands of horses at various ages and levels of activity, from pleasure horses to mares, foals and yearlings, to stallions and performance horses. Handy charts and tables put the information at your fingertips, and helpful formulas for calculating feed rations make this the one book on equine nutrition you'll read and refer to again and again. Reviews of the 1st Edition "If you'd like to get a handle on equine nutrition, but the subject tends to make your eyes glaze over, add BEYOND THE HAY DAYS to your horse library. Ewing will answer most, if not all of your questions." - HORSE & RIDER magazine "This fascinating and folksy book takes a very dry subject and makes it interesting. For those of us not seeking a doctorate in equine nutrition, this book pretty well covers what we need to know." - THE QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL ".this pleasant little primer contains an impressive amount of science and a healthy dose of common sense from a man who's been raising and feeding horses successfully for years." - EQUUS "This thin, easy-to-read book uses common sense as its guiding force and knits in those complicated equations so the readers learns - and enjoys while doing so. It's lively, full of fun and gets the information to the reader in a hurry.I highly recommend this book as an inexpensive, reliable and easy-to-swallow guide for experienced and green horsemen. For those of us who hate science and complicated dissertations, this is the book of choice." - NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY About the Author Rex A. Ewing spent several years as CEO of the John Ewing Company, a EBooks, Books, , 999999999, Beyond the Hay Days: Refreshingly Simple Horse Nutrition, Rex A. Ewing, 0013536281, PixyJack Press, Inc., , , , , PixyJack Press, Inc.<