Good season for haying

jayste · Jul 6, 2010

Wow!:shocked: 10 bales to the acre! I bet he was happy! :thumbsup:

jinman · Jul 6, 2010

Nice yield Ian. About how long between cuttings is normal?

Duffster · Jul 6, 2010

Was that first crop.

A lot of hay was made around here last week, some made second crop and some made first crop. :confused2:

buckeyefarmer · Jul 6, 2010

Helped with some haying myself. the Baler is a Super66, late 50's model. the rake is probably as old, had to weld it back together afterwards.

Lloyd_E · Jul 7, 2010

Egon said:
Sore Back eh! We could both go down to the river pub, watch the fountain and commiserate.:laughing:

Take it easy for a while so it gets better. :thumbsup:

Egon,

Unfortunately I do not know how to take it easy - well sometimes I do - I always have at least 2-3 major projects on the go. Ah yes... the beautification of B'water - a fountain!
Yes we WILL get together at some point my friend...

NSBound · Jul 7, 2010

jinman said:
Nice yield Ian. About how long between cuttings is normal?

No idea Jim, now you're getting technical on me! :laughing: Frankly I don't pay much attention to it unless or until I see the farmer out ther ewith his equipment! He's pretty sure he'll get a good second cutting though - maybe by mid-to-end of August? Just a guess. We had a good rain yesterday to keep it growing good though.

Duffster said:
Was that first crop.

A lot of hay was made around here last week, some made second crop and some made first crop. :confused2:

Yes, Duffster, that was the first cutting. He may have left it a bit long though, he had trouble getting some of the other fields cut and baled, it was so long and thick.

NSBound · Jul 7, 2010

buckeyefarmer said:
Helped with some haying myself. the Baler is a Super66, late 50's model. the rake is probably as old, had to weld it back together afterwards.

Neat to see that old equipment still working!

jayste · Jul 7, 2010

NSBound said:
He may have left it a bit long though, he had trouble getting some of the other fields cut and baled, it was so long and thick.

That's what I figured, seeing some of the areas where it appeared the grass layed over due to being so thick when he cut it.

buckeyefarmer · Jul 7, 2010

NSBound said:
Neat to see that old equipment still working!

Baler always kept inside, if it was washed, the paint would look like new. It takes a lot of work to keep old stuff working, but it was paid for years ago.