SeverinR
Vala
We have talked about moving forces over long distance.
One important part of a horses diet is good clean hay or grass.
I just found this:
http://www.localhistories.org/middle.html
Does this mean they just piled hay and no means to bale it? I have recently read of the Amish using a device to pile hay in a large stack, but does not mention how they move it, or keep it dry. I am sure people might have tied bundles of hay with rope, but how big and how stackable?
Wet hay means:
1.mold or fungus that will kill a horse 2. a potential fire hazard as heat builds up from decomposing wet hay under pressure.
So when traveling, time would have to be spent on grazing horses, as transporting edible hay would be very difficult.
Modern hay bales weigh between 40-100 pounds, which will last a single horse 3-4 days(2flakes/feeding 2 feedings a day with 14-16 flakes a bale.). Imagine how many modern hay bales it would take to feed a dozen horses for several weeks/months, and still carry the items needed to travel with on a wagon and still be pulled by animals.
One important part of a horses diet is good clean hay or grass.
I just found this:
http://www.localhistories.org/middle.html
Does this mean they just piled hay and no means to bale it? I have recently read of the Amish using a device to pile hay in a large stack, but does not mention how they move it, or keep it dry. I am sure people might have tied bundles of hay with rope, but how big and how stackable?
Wet hay means:
1.mold or fungus that will kill a horse 2. a potential fire hazard as heat builds up from decomposing wet hay under pressure.
So when traveling, time would have to be spent on grazing horses, as transporting edible hay would be very difficult.
Modern hay bales weigh between 40-100 pounds, which will last a single horse 3-4 days(2flakes/feeding 2 feedings a day with 14-16 flakes a bale.). Imagine how many modern hay bales it would take to feed a dozen horses for several weeks/months, and still carry the items needed to travel with on a wagon and still be pulled by animals.