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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 242129" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>rkm - you must be east of us - saw lots of damage last weekend when we went to Cherry Valley for our meeting. Crop fields wiped clean.</p><p>BW - in-line wrapped bales do not "breath" when you "open" them. Actually, we don't cap the ends. If I have any dry bales, we put one one in front of the wet ones and/or last on the line. If you don't do anything, the first & last bale will turn pretty much to "mush". The cure process is called "a cold cure". If put up properly, the bales do not have any oxygen - so they don't heat at all. After 30 days, you can open the line & feed. During the hot summer, the end bale that is exposed, may get bad if left unused for a long time, but the rest keep "forever".</p><p>This is different than the "tube" lines. The newer versions of the tubes are better than they used to be. It used to be, if a mouse ate a hole in the tube, the whole "bag" breathed and spoiled all of them. Now, I think they are much tighter - which wouldn't allow the row to "breath" thru a hole.</p><p>With the In-Line, they are each WRAPPED on the round edge and each bale is pushed up so tight against the next one, there isn't any air between them.</p><p>Hope the made sense.</p><p>We've been having ours put up this way for about 18 years. They will keep into the next year, if left over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 242129, member: 968"] rkm - you must be east of us - saw lots of damage last weekend when we went to Cherry Valley for our meeting. Crop fields wiped clean. BW - in-line wrapped bales do not "breath" when you "open" them. Actually, we don't cap the ends. If I have any dry bales, we put one one in front of the wet ones and/or last on the line. If you don't do anything, the first & last bale will turn pretty much to "mush". The cure process is called "a cold cure". If put up properly, the bales do not have any oxygen - so they don't heat at all. After 30 days, you can open the line & feed. During the hot summer, the end bale that is exposed, may get bad if left unused for a long time, but the rest keep "forever". This is different than the "tube" lines. The newer versions of the tubes are better than they used to be. It used to be, if a mouse ate a hole in the tube, the whole "bag" breathed and spoiled all of them. Now, I think they are much tighter - which wouldn't allow the row to "breath" thru a hole. With the In-Line, they are each WRAPPED on the round edge and each bale is pushed up so tight against the next one, there isn't any air between them. Hope the made sense. We've been having ours put up this way for about 18 years. They will keep into the next year, if left over. [/QUOTE]
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