Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Facilities Design and Management [Paperback]

Cherry Hill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 10, 1991

The essentials for designing safe and functional facilities whether on one acre or one hundred. Hill describes the entire process: layout design, barn construction, feed storage, fencing, equipment selection, and much more. 106,000 copies in print.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

A comprehensive, practical discussion of all aspects of equine ownership, Hill's book is honest about the hard work and planning necessary for responsible horse care. The author assesses the horse's needs with regard to food, water, pasture, shelter, exercise, and medical care. There are suggestions for barn and pasture design, as well as a list of resources for further information. Cost estimates are realistic, but may vary in different locales. The information is presented in great detail, and readers who find the details cumbersome probably should not consider owning horses! Recommended for public and academic libraries maintaining equine collections.
- Deborah Emerson, Monroe Community Coll. Lib., Rochester, N.Y.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

“A comprehensive, practical discussion of all aspects of equine ownership…” – Library Journal

 

“Recommended for public and academic libraries maintaining equine collections.” – Library Journal

 

“… an intelligent and useful book that has something to offer almost every horse owner.” – The Quarter Horse Journal

 

“This book is highly suited for the family getting a first horse, and for those who are buying a farm to live with their horse after boarding out for too many years.” – The Quarter Horse Journal

 

“…a wealth of information for first-time horse owners as well as for more experienced horseman.  In fact, about the only thing Hill hasn’t done is choose a horse for the reader.” – Paint Horse Journal

 

“A thorough overview of the requirements of horses and the responsibilities of the horse owner, Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage, will provide all horsemen with valuable information regardless the size of their operation.” – Paint Horse Journal

 

“This useful book anticipates and heads off many of the problems which will confront the new horse owner.” – Driving Digest Magazine

 

“Through experience and research, Cherry Hill has compiled a wealth of practical information to help others get the most from their horse setups.” – Appaloosa Journal

 

“…land is expensive and…horse owners must find ways to get more from less.  That’s what Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage is all about.” – Appaloosa Journal

 

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; 1 edition (January 10, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882665960
• ISBN-13: 978-0882665962
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #354,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cherry Hill is an award-winning author of over 30 books and videos and over 1000 articles on horse training and care.

Cherry was a horse show judge for 25 years for several national breed organizations. She also taught college equine courses from 1975-1985 in the US and Canada, including Olds College in Alberta, Canada and Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Cherry instructed courses such as Horse Behavior, Ground Training, Mounted Training, Western Horsemanship, English Equitation, Riding Instructor Training, Equine Evaluation, Stable Management, and Equine Production.

Cherry has been a free-lance equine photo-journalist since 1975 and has written for such publications as Horse & Rider, The Quarter Horse Journal, The Chronicle of the Horse, the American Farrier's Journal, The Horse Journal, Western Horseman and over 20 other national equine publications.

Cherry Hill received the Colorado Authors' League Top Hand Award twice for her books. The Top Hand award is one of the most distinguished writing awards in the regions with competition from fiction and non-fiction books on any topic. Cherry received the CAL Top Hand Award in 1995 for 101 Arena Exercises and in 1999 for 101 Horsemanship and Equitation Patterns.

In 1994 the American Farriers Association presented Cherry with their Journalism Award for meritorious service in collecting, editing, and presenting information of interest to farriers.

Cherry was the recipient of the 1992 American Horse Publications first place award for editorial excellence in the category Service to the Reader for a series she wrote on liability in the equine industry.

In 2002, Cherry Hill was the recipient of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor in the Non-Fiction Companion Animal Category for her book Cherry Hill's Horse Care for Kids. It was selected for its outstanding ability to teach young readers a new way to care for animals and natural resources that we all share.

For more information on Cherry Hill and her books and videso, visit her website at http://www.horsekeeping.com

Videos and DVDs by Cherry Hill:

101 Horsekeeping Tips: 3 volumes
Handling and Grooming
Feeding and Health Care
Faciliites and Tack

The Horse - El Caballo
A Journey for Kids
A bilingual video horse book on DVD

Books authored by Cherry Hill:

El Cuidado de Tu Caballo, Tutor, 2005.

Monta Western, Hispano Europa, 2005

HORSEKEEPING ON A SMALL ACREAGE, 2nd edition, Storey Books, 2005.

Cherry Hill's Horse Care for Kids, Storey, 2002

HORSE HOUSING (With Richard Klimesh)Trafalgar Square, 2002.

RIDING WESTERN 2002.

STABLEKEEPING Storey 2000.

TRAILERING YOUR HORSE Storey 2000.

101 HORSEMANSHIP AND EQUITATION PATTERNS , Storey, 1999.

101 LONGEING AND LONG LINING EXERCISES, ENGLISH & WESTERN, John Wiley 1999.

LONGEING AND LONG LINING THE ENGLISH AND WESTERN HORSE, John Wiley, 1999.

BEGINNING WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
INTERMEDIATE WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
ADVANCED WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
BEGINNING ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
ADVANCED ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.

HORSE HANDLING AND GROOMING, Storey 1997.

HORSE HEALTH CARE, Storey 1997.

HORSE FOR SALE, Howell Book House, 1995.

101 ARENA EXERCISES, Storey 1995.

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LAMENESS IN HORSES with Ted Stashak, DVM. Williams & Wilkins, 1995.

YOUR PONY, YOUR HORSE, Storey, 1995.

MAXIMUM HOOF POWER, with Richard Klimesh, Trafalgar Square, 1994.

MAKING, NOT BREAKING, Breakthrough, 1992.

BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE RIDER, Storey 1991.

FROM THE CENTER OF THE RING, Storey, 1988.

THE FORMATIVE YEARS, Breakthrough, 1988.

http://www.horsekeeping.com/about_Cherry_Hill.htm

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative, August 10, 2000

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"georgecrumble" (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Facilities Design and Management (Paperback)

This book helped immensely when I went from never having owned to owning 3 horses in western Washington State. On our 4 acres, we managed, with the help of this book, to not only find ways to work with space conflicts, but with a small budget. She offers many good suggestions to use everyday things, or common things in place of over-priced "horse" items, buckets, feed tubs, fencing, etc. Someone else commented on the "vagueness" of the book, but I never found that to be true, except that it didn't have phone numbers for your solutions. The point of the book in my opinion, is to show that with a little creativity, one can find perfectly good ways to do things in a small space and with a small budget. The book's suggestions also have held good through my moving horses down to CA and dealing with climate and weather changes. Very useful for the small budget/space horse person.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best book on planning your property for horses, April 25, 2000

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Donald J. Berg (Rockville Centre, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Facilities Design and Management (Paperback)

This common-sense guide, by a horse care expert, has information on planning your property, building design, fences, paddocks, fire safety, pasture and hay-lot management and much more. The book is packed with photos and with illustrations, plans and useful details of stable designs.

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have!, January 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Facilities Design and Management (Paperback)

I bought this book when we first talked about having horses. We knew that we would have limited acreage and wanted to make the most of it for our new horses.

Cherry Hill givens direct to point, no fluff information to use every single day. From fencing to feeding, you get sensible strategies.

In fact, I mistakingly forgot this book while on vacation. Disheartened to lose the book, I mmediately ordered another copy. This book is a reference for every small farm or horse hobbiest.