Posted by Dan in North Houston on July 25, 2016 at 13:46:29 from (216.136.87.146):
In Reply to: OT - Salting Hay posted by Bill VA on July 25, 2016 at 12:35:10:
Grew up in WV where it is hard to get hay dry. High humidity, heavy dew in the morning, etc. So we usually had to bale hay that was not ideally dry. Dad always kept some 50# bags of salt at the hay barn, and we would stack a layer of hay then throw a few handfuls of salt across it, like you would spread grass seed. Didn't take much, I would guess that we used about 3 to 6 pounds per pick-up truck load of hay. I remember thinking at the time that it didn't seem like enough salt to really do anything, it was just enough so that you could say there was a little salt on every bale. If the hay was not very dry, he would use more salt, but probably never more than twice the rate he usually used. If the hay was good and dry, and was good quality hay, he usually didn't bother with the salt. But he claimed that it helped draw moisture and reduce the risk of spontaneous combustion, and besides, the cows liked it and it was good for them. I never saw any indication that it caused any storage problems.
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