With my parents down for the week, I have finally got around to taking a forage sample for testing. This is a fairly drawn out process involving taking samples of grass from all around the fields, drying them out by the fire (in the absence of a low heat oven) and then posting them off. This should mean I can now tailor the horses mineral supplement to give them exactly what they are missing from the grass and hay, so I am now eagerly awaiting the results. Since we're on limestone I'm hopeful I will need to give them less. Of course in the long term it might even be possible to apply any low minerals to the fields themselves to reduce the supplements even more, but that's definately a future plan (and will require a fully working tractor).
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