There is a book available , " Feeds and Feeding " by Frank Morrison that will cover the needs of many live stock categories . It is a compilation of information from the land grant universities in the U.S.A. Something it probably won't mention is table scraps .
I don't recall assuming anything . If sample testing soil is assuming that would not be intelligent assuming but for some reason it's a common practice . My soil that i assumed was sand because everyone around this area calls it sand , but my soil shows more clay than sand . I tested ours to...
I'm puzzled concerning the unsuccessful problem with growing alfalfa . With all of the cattle in FL surely someone has been growing alfalfa . Maybe a soil sample to the state agricultural would be beneficial . You can check the amounts of different soil classification percentages using a quart...
Feed a good green leafy Alfalfa hay flake suspended in netting .
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If Alfalfa hasn't been mentioned as a feed consider it one of the perennial pasture. After 3-4 years rotate ( switch ) that area with the garden area and repeat . In the fall allow the Alfalfa to grow about 3 weeks and cut and dry for winter feed hay . The advantages are perennial pasture feed ...