Reason #5 to donate to Mississippi Horses – Daily operating expenses. Okay, you have the land, barns and other capital items, veterinary care, training and food covered – what else could you possibly need? Well, there a lot of daily operating expenses that we all have that don’t fall into any of these categories. Fuel for our farm vehicles, utility bills, even the annual fee for registration of our domain name - all are expenses that we have no matter how many horses are present. Things break and a plumber might need to be called one day and a mechanic the next, fence posts and boards have to be bought, hoses and water troughs and hay racks are needed. Fly spray, basic meds such as Fura-zone and veterycin, Ivory soap, Listerine, brushes, lead ropes, halters, bridles, feed buckets…can you imagine taking care of horses without basic horse stuff to use every day? Lawn mowers and weed eaters, lots of other small implements and tools have to be bought for daily maintenance year round, and that’s if you have a husband or a volunteer who will do the work for free. Don’t ever believe anyone who says he rescues horses and all he ever does is feed them. Tomorrow – Pasture and hay management.
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 12:12:03 +0000
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