Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Designing and Managing Your Equine Facilities

Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Designing and Managing Your Equine Facilities

by Cherry Hill (Author)

Synopsis

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT requires knowledge, dedication, and a sincere interest in the well-being of horses. In this thoroughly updated second edition of her best-selling classic. Cherry Hill explains how to be a responsible steward of the land while providing horses with the best care possible. Drawing on decades of personal experience and recommendations from Extension agents throughout North America, Hill provides detailed, practical information designed to help readers develop and refine their horse keeping consciousness. A thorough understanding of horses is critical to good horse keeping, so Hill begins by explaining the behaviour and the physical and emotional needs of the horse. Hill encourages readers to choose a management method that fits their lifestyle and locale, and then explains how to maximize efficiency through careful planning of facilities and implementation of diligent management routines that keep horses happy, healthy, and safe. Well organized and generously illustrated with colour photographs and instructive plan drawings, Horse keeping on a Small Acreage is chock-full of information that horse owners need to know. Acreage selection, layout design, and checklists for daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal management routines are just a few of the many essential topics covered in this invaluable reference.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 320
Edition: 2
Publisher: Storey
Published: Apr 2005

ISBN 10: 158017535X
ISBN 13: 9781580175357

Media Reviews

A comprehensive, practical discussion of all aspects of equine ownership... - Library Journal

Recommended for public and academic libraries maintaining equine collections. - Library Journal

... an intelligent and useful book that has something to offer almost every horse owner. - The Quarter Horse Journal

This book is highly suited for the family getting a first horse, and for those who are buying a farm to live with their horse after boarding out for too many years. - The Quarter Horse Journal

.. .a wealth of information for first-time horse owners as well as for more experienced horseman. In fact, about the only thing Hill hasn't done is choose a horse for the reader. - Paint Horse Journal

A thorough overview of the requirements of horses and the responsibilities of the horse owner, Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage, will provide all horsemen with valuable information regardless the size of their operation. - Paint Horse Journal

This useful book anticipates and heads off many of the problems which will confront the new horse owner. - Driving Digest Magazine

Through experience and research, Cherry Hill has compiled a wealth of practical information to help others get the most from their horse setups. - Appaloosa Journal

.. .land is expensive and...horse owners must find ways to get more from less. That's what Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage is all about. - Appaloosa Journal