Agriculture Reference
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Table 18.1.
Costs of using hemp straw as horse bedding.
Straw
Wood chips
Flax
Hemp straw
Use of the product:
Laying the bed
100 kg
3 bales × 25 kg
5 bales × 18 kg
every 6 weeks
5 bales × 20 kg
every 6 months
Repair
90 kg/week
75 kg/week
Maintenance
10 kg/day
25 kg/day
27 kg/week
60 kg/month
Total/month
660 kg
900 kg
180 kg
90 kg
Estimated price
(inclusive of all
taxes)
€
80/t
€
9.50/bale
€
8.50/bale
€
10.50/bale
Cost of bedding/
month
€
52.80
€
152
€
85
€
47.25
Labour:
Installation
15 min
15 min
10 min
10 min
Daily upkeep
10 min morning
10 min morning
5 min morning
5 min morning
10 min evening
5 min evening
5 min evening
5 min evening
Repair
20 min/week
20 min/week
10 min/6 months
10 min/6 months
Total
680 min or 11 h 20
530 min or 8 h 50
307 min or 5 h 07
302 min or 5 h 02
Labour cost/month
€
113.30
€
88.33
€
51.16
€
50.33
Average cost/horse/
month
166.10
240.53
a
136.16
a
97.58
a
€
€
€
€
Note
:
a
To this must be added
€
10-15 of straw to compensate for any lack of intestinal fi bre and to occupy the horse.
Fig. 18.1.
A groom laying a bed of hemp straw.
The following parameters are used for this
evaluation:
a horse of average size (approximately
18.2
Litter for Small Mammals
•
Small pieces of hurds are particularly suitable
as bedding for hamsters, guinea pigs, chin-
chillas, mice, rats, gerbils, canaries, budgeri-
gars and pigeons, as well as rabbits, snakes
and even for working dogs kennelled outside
(Fig. 18.2).
450 kg)
leaving his stable on average 2 h/day
•
•
boxed for 12 months of the year
•
box size: 9-10 m
2
•
labour cost of
€
10/h.
