Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage Facilities Design and Management

One of the most gratifying aspects of owning horses is providing them with topnotch care. In Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Facilities Design and Management, author Cherry Hill draws on her more than fifteen years' experience as a horse trainer and manager to discuss the essentials for designing safe and functional facilities. Her advice applies whether you have one acre or one hundred. Hill stresses the importance of considering the behavior, needs, and safety of horses in the planning of horse facilities. She describes the entire process: acreage selection; layout design; barn construction; including utilities, stalls, and tack room; feed storage; fencing; the selection of heavy equipment such as trailers and tractors; and much more. In addition, Hill outlines practical procedures for fulfilling the annual, seasonal, monthly, weekly, and daily needs of the horses as well as caring for pastures, carrying out good sanitation practices, and recordkeeping.Hill, Cherry is the author of 'Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage Facilities Design and Management', published 1991 under ISBN 9780882665962 and ISBN 0882665960.