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<blockquote data-quote="Wisteria Farms" data-source="post: 888671" data-attributes="member: 6734"><p>Just remembered something else... may have been part of this same article about (don't laugh) taking a cup of cow poop and putting it in water and then running it through a fine strainer. You look at the residual "stuff" and it'll show you how the cow is processing its roughage... I want to say this was the same article about chopping hay but they claimed that the poo of cows eating UNCHOPPED hay would show a lot of large pieces passing completely through the digestive tract and coming out whole (6" or longer stems).... and the poo of cows eating chopped hay wouldn't show NEARLY as much coming out the other end... thereby proving that more was actually digested. I certainly am NOT going to go to the expense of chopping if its just a big waste of time but does anyone have any further thoughts on all this?? Just trying to find ways to stretch my hay dollar! Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wisteria Farms, post: 888671, member: 6734"] Just remembered something else... may have been part of this same article about (don't laugh) taking a cup of cow poop and putting it in water and then running it through a fine strainer. You look at the residual "stuff" and it'll show you how the cow is processing its roughage... I want to say this was the same article about chopping hay but they claimed that the poo of cows eating UNCHOPPED hay would show a lot of large pieces passing completely through the digestive tract and coming out whole (6" or longer stems).... and the poo of cows eating chopped hay wouldn't show NEARLY as much coming out the other end... thereby proving that more was actually digested. I certainly am NOT going to go to the expense of chopping if its just a big waste of time but does anyone have any further thoughts on all this?? Just trying to find ways to stretch my hay dollar! Thanks [/QUOTE]
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