William E. Huber Jr.: Legacy Farm Ltd.

New Treatment for Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Thu, 01 Jan 2004 15:03:45 GMT

"A medical device derived from the lining of urinary bladders of specially bred pigs shows promise for healing equine tendon and ligament injuries, according to Rick Mitchell, DVM, of Fairfield Equine Associates in Newtown, Conn. Mitchell recently addressed a group of veterinarians at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash., about the technology and his positive experiences with it in his practice." [thehorse.com]

For those of us have dealt with slow healing ligament and tendon damage this looks promising since this promotes healing rather than just minimizing the symptoms.

Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:20:02 GMT

Emily Dickinson. "They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse." [Quotes of the Day]

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 04:12:07 GMT

AHS Inspection at Oakwood Farms.

We took Concerto over to the AHS Inspection at Oakwood Farms to get branded. Ron and Meg did a great job hosting the inspection. There were over 50 horses at this inspection and everything went smoothly. Although I tried to get some nice photos over Concerto, the the best photos I got were of the top filly. She is by Widmark(Meg's stallion) and out of Delightt/Diwan. She was quite the showoff!

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Sat, 12 Jul 2003 00:18:29 GMT

Amor Retos' Offspring Slideshow.

Here is a Windows Media photo slideshow set to music of Amor Reto's offspring(909 KB). It's a fun little piece that did not take me too long to create. The RealMedia version came in at a hefty 2.2MB.

This all started when I was websurfing yesterday I found a found a website with a photo slideshow set to music. It was cute and I wondered how hard it would be for me to do the same thing. I did alot of research before I realized that I already had all of the tools I needed, Pinnacle Studio. If you do not have something like Studio a really cool and inexpensive too is Plus! Photo Story. You can order Microsoft Plus! a little cheaper from Amazon.

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Legacy Farm News Highlights for June 7^th 2003

Sat, 07 Jun 2003 21:02:32 GMT

Here are some pictures of new foals by Amor Reto. Both of these foal are out of thoroughbred mares.

For updated pictures of our 2003 foals, click on Concerto LF (Contucci - Weaver of Magic/Wendellin) or Whimsy (Hierarch - Hearsay/Roemer).

Rodeo Time!

Wed, 07 May 2003 03:49:35 GMT

We kept our horses in yesterday and they were not happy. Our horses get turned out almost everyday. Anything less is unacceptable to them. The youngest horses have the hardest time the next day. All of the horses want to run and buck but the older horses can control themselves until they reach the pasture. The young ones have more difficulty. Whimsy is my problem child. He is a colt who is comfortable being away from his mom. He left the stall yesterday when one of our girls was cleaning the stall. That caused a commotion. When I take out to his pasture with his mom, he has been trying to convince me that he knows what he is doing and that I should back off! That's a bad combination. Since he is acting like a smart-ass, I have had to accelerate his training. The most important lesson for a young horse to understand is that someone else is always in charge. When he is in the pasture, his mom or another mare is in charge. When he is being walked to or from the pasture, the human is in charge. His job is to walk at my shoulder. If he falls behind he can rear and strike me with his front hooves. If he gets in front he can strike me with his rear hooves. As they say, "been there, done that, not going to do it again!" Horses believe strongly in the chain of command. That is how the herd survives. This colt will understand soon enough why I am at the top of the chain of command. The other horses already understand I am at the top. The most facinating aspect of handling horses is that I will not have to be physical to make him understand where his position in the herd is. The dominant mare uses the same tactics.

New foal pictures!

Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:49:51 GMT

Here are some pictures of our new foals and Amor Reto's first foal of this year. Andi is really pleased with this foal Amor Reto and a thorough bred mare.

Here is the pictures of our new foals Concerto LF out of Contucci and Whimsy out of Hierarch.

New colt is born!

Wed, 09 Apr 2003 03:13:02 GMT

Hearsay had a colt this morning. Andi went down to check on the horses when we heard a horse banging the wall at 4 am. We thought one of our horses was cast but it was Hearsay trying to give birth next to the wall. She was having a little trouble pushing him out. It was a big foal. Andi pulled gently on the colt's legs to assist. By 8 am the colt had gotten up and had his first milk. Both the mom and colt are doing fine.I took some pictures but they are all dark. I need better light for my camera.

Magic finally has her foal!

Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:26:36 GMT

Our mare, Weaver of Magic, finally had her foal. She was bred to Contucci and was two weeks overdue. The average gestation for our mares has been 350 days. She birthed at 364 days. We are still working on a 'C' name for him.

Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:25:26 GMT

Today is beautiful. It was supposed to be stormy but that will probably come later. I will try and get a good soaking of the arena while Andi is gone. It's probably time for me to add more magnesium chloride. I'll have to spread compost on some other day. The fields are too wet.

Recycling Day

Wed, 12 Mar 2003 02:10:03 GMT

Today I committed myselft to six loads of recycling. Actually it consisted of spreading six loads of compost out on the fields. A load is approximately 9 bushels since that is my manure spreaders capacity. It may weight as much as 1000 pounds. Horses generate a lot of manure and waste bedding. If you wait about six months before you spread it on the fields you can call it compost. It also becomes a lot more dense as the microbes do their job. Procrastination makes it sound so good! It was starting to get in the way so it was time to move it out. Any day that is not bitterly cold is probably a good day to spread compost. The big problem is to make sure you have good traction for the tractor. Cold is good unless you have ice. Warm is good as long as you don't get stuck in the mud.

Cleaning up and updating Legacy Farm Ltd website

Sat, 01 Mar 2003 23:10:16 GMT

I have been working on updating the content and code on Legacy Farm website. I have been using a couple of tools to clean up the code, Topstyle, Dreamweaver 4, and W3 validators. The content is a slow process. The biggest holdup was figuring out a new format that I could parse into a rss.xml file. I think I have got it! I found the snippet feature of Topstyle and I think this can be of real use.

Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:51:34 GMT

Time to pay bills and catch up on government paperwork. I was disappointed yesterday when I found out that my PIN had expired with the SSA. They seem to really want small businessses to file electronically but expiring the PIN without notice and forcing you to re-apply is not user friendly or efficient. Now I am waiting for the letter in the mail before I can file electronically again.Oh, well!

Stallion Test Update

Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:14:11 GMT

The stallions were presented on September 14.