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Club Special: Beyond the Hay Days (bundle of 6 books)

Product Details

Special Offer for 4-H and Pony Clubs: 6 books for the price of one

Beyond the Hay Days: Refreshingly Simple Horse Nutrition
Updated & Expanded 2nd Edition
by Rex A. Ewing

An easy-to-read, common sense handbook for all horse owners, from greenhorns to old hands. Beyond the Hay Days covers everything from simple hay-and-grain basics to vitamins, minerals and supplements, including the latest word on glucosamine, Omega fatty acids, bromelain and more. Learn how to meet the nutritional demands of horses at various ages and levels of activities, from pleasure horses to mares, foals and yearlings, to stallions and performance horses. Handy charts and tables put the information at your fingertips, and helpful formulas for calculating feed rations make this the one book on equine nutrition you’ll read and refer to again and again.

Study Guide Supplement now available for teachers and 4-H advisors

REVIEWS

"If this is the only book you ever buy on equine nutrition, you won't go wrong."
— The Gaited Horse magazine, Spring 2004

"Ewing doesn’t strike me as a man who’s in love with calculators and analytical chemistry. He’s a horse lover. He speaks our language and he’s a practical man. On matters of equine nutrition, he cuts to the chase....Ewing hands it to you on a silver platter and makes it downright palatable. I particularly liked the chapter on minerals, which, in my opinion, is the biggest black hole in the average horseman’s nutritional knowledge. Buy this book, and read it."
— Karen E. N. Hayes, DVM, MS, PLLC for Horse & Rider, December 2003

"This gem of a paperback is a treasure trove of facts about what every horse-keeper needs to know about feeding horses. Years as CEO of an equine feed company gave him the fodder to write this handy little reference book, suitable for greenhorns and weathered trail hands alike - healthy doses of common sense interspersed with science make it very palatable and easy to digest."
— Lauren Giannini, In & Around Horse Country, April/May 2003

"Simple is the operative word. What could’ve been a scientific treatise is instead a user-friendly, easy-to-read equine nutrition guide. In addition to traditional rations, such as grain and hay, Ewing also discusses vitamins, mineral, nutraceuticals and supplements."
— Western Horseman, May 2003

AT-A-GLANCE

Part I: Nutrients That Supply Energy and The Horse’s Needs

Energy: Fuel for the Equine Engine
Nutrients That Supply Energy
Putting Things Into Perspective
The Fundamentals: Energy & Protein Requirements
(Maintenance Horses; Older Horses; Performance Horses; Stallions; Broodmares; Nursing Foals; Weanlings, Yearlings & Beyond)

Part II: Nutrients That Don’t Supply Energy

Enzymes: Catalysts of Life
Minerals: Elemental Necessities (Macrominerals, Trace Minerals)
Vitamins: The Missing Puzzle Pieces (Fat-Soluble Vitamins, Water-Soluble Vitamins)

Part III: The Extras and The Basics

Exotic Nutrients (MSM, DMG, Chondroitin Sulfates & Glucosamine, Bromelain)
Closing Considerations: The Basics (Teeth and Parasites; Wood, Sand and Sundries; Feeding Tips; Forages; Grains, Fats and Extra Protein; Basics of a Successful Feeding Program)

Appendices

Guide to Supplemental Feeding
Helpful Formulas & Conversion Factors

MEET THE AUTHOR

Rex Ewing’s diverse interests have led him from Colorado to Costa Rica to Alaska, working cattle and horses, mining gold, and formulating equine supplements. He now lives at the end of a bad dirt road in the Colorado Rockies with his wife LaVonne and two dogs. There he writes novels and non-fiction books from his hand-hewn log cabin powered by the sun and wind.

BOOK SPECS

paperback ISBN 978-0-9658098-4-9
5½ x 8½ • 160 pages • illustrated • 2004

We believe words are powerful and that a book in hand is empowering in ways the internet can't be. To really delve into a subject and glean some hard-won wisdom, read a good book.

Educational Materials Also Available

We make it easy for teachers, schools, organizations and other non-profits to buy direct from us: our store lists quantity discounts of books AND we offer a variety of educational materials (door hangers, pocket guides, study guides) to help educate and motivate your students and members.

About Us

Rex and LaVonne Ewing

owners

How we ended up here

In 1999, after publishing a best-selling book on horse nutrition, we relocated our new publishing company several miles off the beaten path to a place of breathtaking views and endless wildlife. But no utilities. And so we began the odyssey of handcrafting a home from a pile of trees and learned how to harness the sun and wind to provide the energy. We then transformed our hard-won knowledge into a couple of popular graphic-packed renewable energy books. Soon afterwards we added more authors to our lineup and expanded our range of topics.

What we publish

PixyJack Press publishes non-fiction titles about nature...the wild and not-so-wild:

• renewable energy and sustainable living

• log home planning and building

• wildfire readiness and recovery

• fire safety at home

• bear smart advice

• simple horse nutrition

• Costa Rica nature and history

All in all, PixyJack Press is rather ‘green’ when it comes to our list of environmental titles and our reliance on renewable energy. Even Publishers Weekly took note of this unique combination in the article, "Green and Off the Grid," by Bridget Kinsella (2009).

But since the real-life adoption of renewable energy transcends petty politics, readers never know that our authors come from both ends of the political spectrum; guilt trips are left at the door.

Our authors

Every good book starts with an articulate, passionate author who effectively puts together thousands of words to inspire and inform.

Renewable Energy: Rex Ewing, Doug Pratt, Gregory McNamee, Donal B. Lloyd

Bears: Linda Masterson, Sylvia Dolson

Costa Rica: Jack Ewing

Fire & Wildfire: Einar Jensen, Linda Masterson

Log Homes: Roland Sweet, Rex Ewing

Horse Nutrition: Rex Ewing

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