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Well, did it work? Hum. It probably takes a bad situation & turns it into a poor situation. Kind of like the difference between 100 gallons of sewage in your well, or 1 gallon of sewage in your well - it might be better, but not all that much. They have acid kits now that spray on the hay as it's baled, or some folks use granular, which helps preserve higher moisture bales. If you plan on this happening a lot, might want to go that route. (See below thread on the salt preserver.) What works for me is to take the wet bales, place them ON EDGE with an inch or 2 of space between each bale, only one high. Leave them like this for 4 days to a week, and much of the moisture will come out on it's own. Some salt on the top of the EDGE of the bale might help, but I've never bothered. This works when I get that one load that is too wet, but had to take it because 4 days of rain are forcast & the hay was down..... In fact, a couple weeks ago I took a load up like that, 1/2 was way, way too wet, I stacked those as above, and they turned into ok bales. The other 1/2 of the load looked pretty dry, so I stacked it. Moldy now. Huh. Shoulda stacked it all on edge & apart for a few days. Live & learn. (This is one of those lessons I seem to need to relearn every few years. ;) --->Paul
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