I have to admit that I'm facinated by the hay cutting process. We have watched weeds grow to nearly three feet on the 20+ acres south of us. Such beautiful, rolling hills are covered in noxious weeds (see May posting) and something that looks like Queen Anne's lace.
Then last week, a neighboring farmer came and cut the weeds down. The cutter leaves two neat rows of hay. A day later, the farmer comes back and turns the rows into one row, following the next day with a hay baler. Now there is a piece of equipment that I can get into. The baler rolls the hay into large rolls and binds them. There is something so serene in waking up to fields of round bales of hay poking out of the fog.
We have watched the farmer come the last few evenings to pick up the bales and haul them down hill. I'm wondering why he didn't just give them a good push with the tractor. It is, after all, downhill!
I wonder what a bale of hay goes for?
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From Dad:
ReplyDeleteHay right now is selling for 50.00 a roll and 60.00 if hauled to your property. Winter time you can expect twenty dollars a bail increase.... Never roll a round bale down a hill as it will no longer be baled.. Ha Ha