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What is sweet feed?

Updated: 12/24/2022
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Feed dealers combined oats,corn, and barley, threw in salt and other minerals, bound the mixture together with molasses, and called the resulting product "sweet feed." thats sweet feed, and now it provides your horse with supplements, ex.

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