[Sca-cooks] black sugar

[Philippa Alderton]

--- Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net> wrote:

> They fed the unrefined suga to horses? Or the sugar
> cane? Or really
> just what remained after crushing the sugar cane?

Sugar and sugar cane are often fed to horses in very
small quantities as a treat, and I'm not sure about
cane remnants being used as a fodder, but I know in
modern times, leftover beet pulp is fed to cattle as a
fodder, although I've not seen it used as a feed for
horses (doesn't mean it hasn't been used, just that I
haven't seen it used).

Horses, however, are very delicate compared to cattle,
and if you feed them a high energy (high carbohydrate)
feed without sufficient bulk, they'll colic (life
threatening indigestion) or founder (possibly
permanent lameness) or both.

When I was shoeing horses, and treating them, one of
my concerns, once I'd gotten a founder under control,
was to make sure that the owner changed the animal's
diet to help prevent recurrences. This change would
include severely limiting sugar or candy as a treat,
limiting apples and carrots, having them totally avoid
corn and sweet feed, and allowing them to eat high
quality grasses and oats, while avoiding pure alfalfa,
and the first green grass of spring.

Phlip

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Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....

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