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A
s
many
of
us
know,
horse
owner-
ship
is
like
eating
potato
chips;
you
can't
have
just
one!
The
def
-
nition
of
too
many
horses
depends
on
who
you
are
asking
and
what
param-
eters
you
are
considering.
Before
trying
to
decide
if
your
checkbook
can
stand
to
take
on
one
more
horse,
ask
yourself,
"Is
my
land
capable?"
More
specifcally,
can
the
land
you
have
support
the
horses
you
own
in
an
economical
and
environ
-
mentally
friendly
way?
There
are
tools
to
answer
this
question,
one
of
which
is
the
National
Cooperative
Soil
Survey
(NCSS)
program.
National
Cooperative
Soil
Survey
The
NCSS
program
began
in
1896
as
an
attempt
to
survey
and
map
soils
in
the
United
States.
The
program
started
small,
surveying
only
2.8
million
acres
in
Maryland,
Connecticut,
Utah,
and
New
Mexico.
Today,
soil
survey
data
is
available
online
for
the
entire
country
as
the
Web
Soil
Survey
(WSS)
and
is
maintained
by
the
USDA-NRCS
(United
States
Department
of
Agriculture,
Natu-
ral
Resources
Conservation
Service).
The
NCSS
has
a
wealth
of
information
and
uses,
both
in
and
out
of
agriculture.
Using
the
Web
Soil
Survey
One
of
the
many
features
of
the
WSS
is
the
ability
to
calculate
a
farm's
car-
rying
capacity,
answering
the
question,
"How
many
horses
can
my
farm
hold?"
Below
is
a
step-by-step
guide
to
view-
ing
soil
characteristics
for
any
piece
of
land
in
the
United
States.
A
PowerPoint
presentation
has
also
been
created
to
graphically
walk
you
through
each
step
and
can
be
found
on
the
UK
Horse
Pasture
Evaluation
Facebook
page
.
For
this
example,
we
will
select
roughly
80
acres
of
prime
horse
pasture
located
on
the
University
of
Kentucky
Research
Farm
near
Lexington.
1.
Navigate
to
the
Web
Soil
Survey
or
search
for
"web
soil
survey."
Click
the
green
"START
WSS"
button.
2.
Enter
Address
Click
the
dropdown
arrows,
enter
the
address,
and
click
view.
3.
Find
Your
Area
Entering
an
address
in
WSS
is
like
using
a
GPS—it
isn't
always
completely
accurate.
Use
the
"+"
magnifying
glass
to
zoom
in,
the
"-"
magnifying
glass
to
zoom
out,
and
the
"hand
tool"
to
move
the
map
A
soil
survey
can
help
you
calculate
your
farm's
carrying
capacity.
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