- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; 2 edition (Feb 1 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1580176038
- ISBN-13: 978-1580176033
- Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.6 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #658,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 hands-on Extension agents throughout North America, Hill provides detailed, practical information designed to help readers develop and refine their horsekeeping consciousness. A thorough understanding of horses is critical to good horsekeeping, so Hill begins by explaining the behavior and the physical and emotional needs of the horse. She encourages readers to choose a management method that fits their lifestyle and locale. She 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 color photographs and instructive plan drawings, Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage is packed with information that horse owners need. Acreage selection, layout design, and checklists for daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal management routines are just a few of the essential topics covered in this invaluable reference. Since it was first published in 1991, Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage has sold more than 160,000 copies. This new edition is full-color and has been thoroughly redesigned, revised, expanded, and updated.
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The Essential Handbook for Every Horse OwnerEffective management requires knowledge, dedication, and a sincere interest in the well-being of horses. In this thoroughly updated edition of her best-selling classic, Cherry Hill teaches you how to be a responsible steward of the land and refine your "horsekeeping consciousness" while providing horses with the best care possible.A thorough understanding of horses is critical to good horsekeeping. Hill explains the behavior and needs of the horse, then helps you choose a management method that fits your lifestyle and locale. Read this book, and learn how to maximize your horsekeeping effectiveness with careful planning of facilities and diligent management routines that will keep horses happy, healthy, and safe.Generously illustrated with photographs and instructive plan drawings, this new edition features expanded coverage of environmentally responsible management methods, acreage selection, plot layouts and barn designs, fencing options, pasture management, and useful checklists.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good beginner book,
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This review is from: Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Designing and Managing Your Equine Facilities (Paperback)
This book is not written with Canadian weather in mind.It is good for a beginning horse owner who has no idea what to look for when shopping for a hobby farm or a teenager trying to work out how to keep a small pony in the back yard. The "plans" for small acreage hobby farms are not drawn to scale, nor is there any consideration for snow removal/plowing. Putting an electric fence wire within 4" of the ground would mean that it would ground out in the first snowfall. Buildings are not to scale - and a 20' x 40' is sometimes four or more times the size of a 20' x 20' garage or even the barn. It does give you ideas about what sort of fencing would be ideal, but I haven't been to a horse farm yet that has fencing as high as the tallest horse's withers. In our paddocks, that would mean that the fences needed to be almost 6' high - that's totally unnecessary, even for our stallions. Planned paddocks in the plans often come to acute points - like funnels - where a horse could be trapped and hurt. Fences shouldn't have narrow areas where horses can be trapped or a "herd" of horses could get stuck in a panic. This book is used as a textbook in the Equine Studies program at Kemptville College/Guelph University. I hope the professors discuss the pros and cons of the designs rather than just assuming their students will "know" how to apply the book to real life. I'd like to see a lot more information on manure management and how to safely disperse manure so as not to contaminate ground water or spread parasites. This book has a small chapter on manure management, but it's totally inadequate for Ontario, Canada.
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4.7 out of 5 stars (34 customer reviews) 24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent planning guide,
By S. Low "zeitgeistcowgirl" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Designing and Managing Your Equine Facilities (Paperback)
This book is a great resource for those wishing to build an equine facility - on any scale. However, this is not a guide book for horse ownership. If you board your horse somewhere, you do not need this book. If you are shopping for land and want to build your own horse place, then this book is perfect. If you are trying to figure out if your set up is safe and good for your horses, then get this book. If you are dedicated to making the best out of your land and your horse, then this book is the perfect resource, and it will help you decide if your land is right for horses or if horses are right for your land. Appropriate land use is important, and Cherry Hill shows how to incorporate horses into your land management practices - or is it incorporating good land management practices into your horsey haven? Her ideas and standards for barn design are also good industry standards. I highly recomend this book for architects and land planners who design equestrian homes/communities/barns.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Horse Info,
By Ann Bushee - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Designing and Managing Your Equine Facilities (Paperback)
I was looking for a book that could give me a good overveiw of what to expect if I wanted to be a horse owner. I have worked around horses but have not owned one of my own yet, this book gave you a great look at different options, and why each option may or may not work for you based on your circumstances. It made me think of things I had not yet concidered. I have read the book all the way through but keep going back an re-reading parts here and there to help me claifiy my research. I would definately recommend this book to anyone interested in owning one or many horses
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This review is from: Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Designing and Managing Your Equine Facilities (Paperback)
Excellent book for all. I am particularly pleased with the practical information available to the fairly inexperienced. I have a very good picture of how to layout and set up my facility based on my needs and future plans for my horses. I would recommend this particularly to those who are starting from scratch with setting up their barn/stable.
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