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Ty Gwyn
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 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 16 1:16 pm Post subject: |
 
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| Not recommended for small bales,fine for round bales. |
Even that's not great if you can help it. Something like 30% of the bale is in the outer 6 inches which where you lose your quality and dry matter..... |
If you store round bales to soon,you have a danger of a fire,
And lose all your dry matter. |
Nobody wants a barn fire, but at that point they were wetter than you were hoping for anyway and you're losing quality there as well. (not that weather is likely to cooperate with anybody during haymaking......) |
I take it you have handled a lot of big bale hay? |
Nope, I'm more veggies background and have been learning about forage quality, etc over the past few years. More of an academic than a practitioner these days. Sorry if I have a tone of more experience than I should!
I agree that a barn fire is worse than quality and dry matter loss! I'm just pointing out that if your bales are at risk of spontaneous combustion than they were baled wetter than you would be aiming for. (Baleage is a totally different story, and probably what I would be trying to do if I were feeding cows/sheep) |
No problem Slim,
Baleage is not a term we use over here,do you mean Haylage or Silage?
Baling bale`s wetter than what was aimed at would be disasterous for hay,they would be dusty and mouldy,that`s where the wrapping saves the day.
Even if hay is baled in prestine condition in perfect weather its still not advisable to store straight away,a test to let you know when its safe is to insert a rebar into the centre of the bale for a few minutes,pull out and feel the bar,the temp will tell you when safe.
Where you can cart small bales straight to storage,large bales have approx. 10 small bales in the make up,that`s a lot of hay to heat up. |
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Slim
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Nick
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sean
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Slim
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Nick
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 16 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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Shouldn't the teenagers be following the baler and picking up the bales anyway?  |
I'm guessing you've read a lot about teenagers, but never handled one tho? 
If I can get them out of bed, it'd be a result.
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bbq and beer for them and their helpers is often a good inducement IF the job spec is very clearly defined |
Beer would be quite the inducement for a teenager here, as even the oldest isn't legally allowed to touch the stuff for another 2 years! (may also lead to jail time for the supplier) |
To be fair, one at 19 will do almost anything I ask, but he does consume very heavily on the beer & BBQ front. He does need complete, specific and unwavering instructions, too.
The 17 year old is glued to a duvet or a screen, and rarely surfaces. It's easier to do stuff around him than get him to do anything. Especially if it involves outside. He will, occasionally, be motivated by pizza, and the odd alcohol free cider. |
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