Horses are classified as herbivores, or roughage eaters. They are grazing animals with digestive systems designed for constant consumption of plant food.
With its small, simple stomach and large fiber-digesting hindgut, the horse is designed to eat small portions in a continuous fashion…
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by Doug Emerson reprinted with permission
Our oldest son invited us recently to see his new apartment. It’s his third since leaving home. Instantly, memories of the tour of his first apartment flashed through my mind. You may have seen the movie “Animal House” ; the same decorator did his first apartment. However, apartment …
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During the height of NASA’s space exploration program, the words that I loved to hear right before a launch were “All Systems Are Go”. Launching a rocket is no small feat, even for hundreds of rocket scientists. The rocket launch cycle was held together with a connection of systems …
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by Doug Emerson (reprinted with permission)
From the Horseman’s Dictionary: Broke (brok)- 1. a well trained horse 2. A chronic financial condition of a professional horseman who has too many slow paying clients Even during good economic times, some clients are not responsible about making timely payments for board, training and lessons. During tougher …
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I like to call the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve Reflections Week. There are pauses in the regular work schedule to tie up the loose ends of the year, relax a little and do some reflecting on what has happened in the past twelve months.
Your mind’s eye, given the right timing and environment, will replay the movie of 2009 for you to see what happened during the year. You may want to look at your written goals for the year and see how you did with the job of completion.
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by Doug Emerson
You probably hear a lot about systems in conversations. Often in reference to money making systems like: internet marketing , horse betting , stock investment and multi level marketing. Usually complicated, these types of systems have a degree of success directly in proportion to the business owner’s effort to understand and follow …
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By Doug Emerson
My son has been shopping on line for a used pick up truck. He’s narrowed down his selection to make, model, year and mileage. There are plenty of online resources for establishing values of used vehicles. You probably use these resources as price guides, too. With printed guides, price is well defined …
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By Doug Emerson
Our tractor mounted grader blade gets used for many jobs around the farm including: arena leveler, snow pusher and a substitute bulldozer. It performs very well at the first two jobs. As for dozer work, let’s just say it’s a good thing for me there is no Society for the Prevention of …
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