Silly Woman!

We are kinda worried around here that we won't be able to scrape up enough hay to feed the critters this winter.

Wife actually would option buying a load of small square bales to use for the horses.

I told her we would sell that silly farm and every animal on it before I'll touch another small square bale.

She says I have an un-natural "fobia" against them. :>)

Allan

I know what you mean, after we got the round baler, wow what a difference !

Seems like the small square's need to handled about 4 times by the time their feed. Got a buddy calles em " Idiot Blocks " No offense meant George.

Rick

Glad to hear you have a strong market you can take advantage of. Been thinking myself about growing more hay But got 100 bu. per acre of new crop corn sold for $3.65. Maybe next year.

Take care, Rick

Stopped the tractor, got out, kneeled on the ground and gave thanks right there and then.

It's true. New Holland was sent to save me. :>)

Allan

How right he was. One man could do the work of 6 in one day.

And sit in an Air Conditioned cab to do it.

Call me soft but I ain't no dummy either.

Gary

Seriously though, that is a real concern, and I guess now is really the time to deal with it, we know the feeling, hay has run short here too, but somewhere within reasonable proximity, available hay turns up most times, where you are, that must be a difficult problem if it runs out or you just don't get enough in due to the weather conditions.

Even with this affliction, why is it I'm tempted to go find ( and I know where there is one in your favorite color ) a decent baler, sickle or conditioner and a rake. I've got just enough to make it worth while and if I were to have the corn switched out to hay grasses..... . could get 1500 or so, I remember the numbers off the baler counter for these fields from years ago.

I can't stand looking at this small field I've mowed and fooled with, it could have been easily baled this week, and the other week previous, yield would have been less, quality excellent, with 2 more cuttings of the same, the weather has been perfect, I cut a little, turned it once, even with a darned sickle, like the old timers used, I could have gotten away with it. Just enough here to fool with a little, not like when I was a kid, but enough to fill a truck a few times for the other place, hate to see it go to waste, as the 6'-0" rotary will get it.

Last year this time, it rained the entire month, this was chest high, not so tall now.

There is 3 to 4 thousand bales in the barn here.

I don't use them cause then I feel I would have to refill the barn.( kinda a reserve supply that I leave alone)

Use about 10 bales a year out of that barn. At that rate I should be dead before they are gone.

Gary

A 70 lb kid buckin' 90 lb bales will do that to ya. :>)

Allan

I've always been blessed with a lot of strength too.

Probably because of those years on the end of a spud fork, pitch fork and tater sacks. :>)

Allan

Dad customed baled for about 6 neighbors here.

From the time I could stay on the rack I would help load.

At the age of 14 I was on the rack myself all summer long.

I got 2 cents a bale to load um.

Every 4th load dad would load to give me a break and I drove.

Did 30,000 bales that year. So I made $600 dollars. WOW

Gary

Allan