Posted by Dave H (MI) on January 17, 2010 at 07:51:53 from (205.188.116.73):
Couple days back someone asked about buddy seats on Farmall B's and I posted this pic. It shows my youngest on "her" tractor learning how to pull a rake. Somehow I missed that a few people had questioned that she was raking in the wrong direction but, being that it's so slow around here lately, I was reading back and found those replies last night.
Yes, she is raking in the wrong direction. The field has heavy woods on the north and west sides and a tall tree line on the south. In addition it has a deep swale running NE to SW about midway thru the western line into the woods. We rake the west and south borders INTO the field to get them away from the trees. If we do not do that the hay, especially later cuttings, will never dry along certain parts of the tree line...mostly on the south end and where the swale hits the woods. Her instructions were to make three passes along the trees and then switch directions. After the field is raked we come along and combine those three light rows along the wooded sections. They dry fairly well but there are still some years I won't sell those bales. We take them straight home and put them right out for feed. I think Matt had the clearest idea of what we were doing. Now on that east side we are wide open to the sun and wind and sometimes I combine rows just to keep it from drying too much. You cut a field for enough years and you start to learn what has to get done.
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