In My research in finding the best hay mixture that would 
benefit the horse and then taking in to consideration the
type of weather in Indiana I sudied the chart I have 
below and came up with the mixture that we planted for
our hay field. I also took in the consideration of the
hay being in deferent stages of maturity and still
bening able to come up with a Hay mixture that the 
nutrients was sill good enough to be able to feed hay
during the winter months and not have to feed grain.
The mixture of Alfalfa,RedClover,OrchardGrass, Timothy 
was by far better than straight Alfalfa. I have also found 
over the 4 1/2 years we have gorwn this mixture it dose
good in dry conditions and will grow slow but still 
grows with just dew falling on it. 





Nutrients in Sun-Cured Hay Harvested at Various Stages of Growth

Forage                  Digestible                 Crude Protein
                         Energy                        Percent
Alfalfa
early bloom              1,020                          18.0
mid-bloom                  940                          17.0
full-bloom                 890                          15.5

Costal Bermuda Grass___________________________________________       
2-3 weeks growth           870                           10.6
3-4 weeks growth           890                           10.9
4-6 weeks growth           790                            7.3

Red Clover_________________890___________________________13.2___
Fescue__________________________________________________________
full bloom                 860                           11.8
mature                     800                           9.8
Orchardgrass____________________________________________________
early bloom                880                            11.4
late bloom                 780                             7.6
Timothy_________________________________________________________
early bloom                830                            9.6
mid bloom                  800                            8.6
full bloom                 780                            7.2
Late Bloom                 720                            6.9


Nutriens______________________________________________________

        Alfalfa    Blue grass    Red Clover    Orchard Grass  Timothy
Dry
Matter     91        92.1           89.1         89.1          88.9
DeMcal     2.07      1.58           1.90         1.94          1.77 
Crude-
Protein    17.0      8.2            20.0         7.6           8.6
Fiber      23.5      29.9           18.5         33.9          30.9
Calcium
cium       1.24      0.24           1.35         0.24          0.43
Phos-
phours     0.24      0.25           0.30         0.3           0.20
Magne-
sium       0.32      --             0.42         0.10          0.12
PPm
Copper     16.1      --             8.0          16.0           14.2
Man-
ganese     25        --             11.0         14.0            92
Sele-
nium       --        --             --           0.03            --
PPm
Zinc       28        --             15           34             28
Lysine     0.29   

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