Friday, September 9, 2011
Making Hay
I have a sort of love/hate thing going when it comes to making hay. When everything works and the job is done, I love it. Nothing better then the smell of fresh cut hay! BUT....when its excessively hot and humid, or the equipment breaks down, or when the hay is rained on before it's put up, baling hay just plain sucks! It sucks more often than I care to remember. Thankfully, yesterday was not one of those days. It was cool and dry with temperatures in the 70's and the equipment worked as flawlessly as a bunch of antique farm equipment can. At the end of the day, I had made 27 4x4 round bales with a 1955 AC WD45 tractor and a 1970's era Vermeer 504c baler. Ancient equipment indeed, but it got the job done and it's all paid for. Ad these new bales to the 38 that I had made earlier this year and we should have more than enough for our beef cows and goats to eat this winter. Some will even go to the pigs for bedding and for munching on. Yes, pigs will eat hay. While pigs are not ruminants, they are omnivores and they will eat hay. In fact, I think they really like it.
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Hey Walt, sorry I didn't see this post sooner but you know if you would post more often...I'm just saying. Yes, hay season can suck unless it doesn't. PS Wally, our new boar is doing so well...we do so like him Sam I am !
ReplyDeleteYa, I know but between work, chores around the farm and family activities, I don't have much time for posting on the blog. I'll try to do better....I promise! Glad the boar is doing well. Our boar (now known as Wilbur) is doing a good job too.
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