If your horse or pony lives out in a field every day and night Browns Jim Brown Jersey , here are some tips for caring for a pasture-kept horse with the proper horse tack.
A lot of horses live out doors 24 hours a day 365 days a year. If your horse does live outside all year round, he needs to be looked after just like a horse that lives in a stall. Even though you don’t have to bring him in and out, you still need to look after him every day, unless he is boarded at another facility.
Here are some important things to think about and look after if your horse lives outside all the time.
1.Your horse or pony should have some type of shelter from the elements. He either should have something with a roof such as a run-in shed or tress and brushes. He needs to have something to block out the hot sun or the windy, snowy or rainy weather.
2.Your horse should always have fresh water. Check his water daily and scrub the troughs and buckets to keep them clean so no algae can grow.
3.If it is summer time, keep your horse protected from the insects. If the insects seem to be bothering him use a fly mask, a fly sheet and some fly spray to keep those pesky bugs from bothering your horse.
4.Every week or so you should check the fencing around the pasture that your horse is in. Look for broken boards or wires, loose nails or anything else that could be harmful or hurt your horse. You wouldn’t want him to get a big cut from a nail that was sticking out of a fence post.
5.If your horse likes to be caught, you can leave his halter off, but if he likes to play games and have you chase him then you might want to keep his halter on him. Just check for rub marks on your horse’s face. If he does have rub marks and you need to leave his halter on him, you might want to consider purchasing a padded halter or some type of cover for his halter.
6.If your horse’s pasture isn’t that large, you might want to pick out his field and clean up all the piles of manure. Keeping the manure down will also help attract less insects. If you can’t pick up the manure, try and get the piles that are around where he eats, drinks and around the gate.
7.Make sure you go out and groom your horse too. You want to check for any cuts and boo boos that horses always seem to magically get. Keeping him groomed with also keep him clean and looking nice. Also pick out his feet and look for any loose shoes and rocks in his hooves.
8.If you live in a cold area, you might want to blanket him in the winter, especially if he lives outside. You wouldn’t want him to catch a chill and get sick. Always check under his blanket to make sure he is warm and not wet, cold or sweating. Having a pasture kept horse is just like having a stall kept one. You still have to clean up and look after him every day.
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that it will continue to trim its monthly bond purchase program by 10 billion U.S. dollars to 25 billion dollars since August, staying on track to end the program later this year.
It marked the Fed's sixth consecutive cut of its monthly stimulus program, as the central bank saw the economic activity was gaining momentum in recent months after unexpectedly shrinking in the first quarter.
"Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that growth in economic activity rebounded in the second quarter," the Fed said in a statement released after a two-day meeting of the committee, the Fed's chief body for monetary policy.
The central bank said "labor market conditions improved," with the unemployment rate "declining further" to 6.1 percent in June, the lowest level since September 2008.
The central bank also noted household spending "appears to be rising modestly" and business fixed investment "is advancing," while the recovery in the housing sector "remains slow."
The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4.0 percent in the second quarter after contracting 2.1 percent in the first three months this year. That confirmed the Fed's view that the world's largest economy would strongly bounce back after the severe winter weather ended.
The Fed has stuck to its plan to taper its asset purchase program by 10 billion dollars every policy meeting this year. It is on track to end the program in October if the U.S. economy progresses as expected, according to minutes of the Fed's last monetary policy meeting.
In the Wednesday statement, the Fed reiterated that it will be appropriate to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate near zero for "a considerable time" after the asset purchase program ends.
But Charles Plosser, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, dissented, arguing that this guidance on interest rates does not reflect the "considerable economic progress" that has been made toward the central bank's goals, according to the statement.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen said last month that the timing of first interest rate increase would depend on the progress of the economy and how policymakers assess it, based on a variety of indicators. Most market participants predict the Fed will wait until mid-2015 to start raising interest rates.