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<blockquote data-quote="fenceman" data-source="post: 1273676" data-attributes="member: 23460"><p>I got a 2014 bale from my neighbor that had about 10-12" of dark hay around the perimeter that was unuseable. With hay loosing 20-30% over a year will this cover not help preserve it? I will open the ends of it but I was trying to prevent it from getting rained on. I put the gravel on high land to keep it from sucking up water when it rains. Pease dont tell me I threw $60 down the drain. Will this tarp break it down more?. Also trying to wrap it so my cows dont tear into it.</p></blockquote><p>I hate to tell you that, but you don't want me to lie to ya. If it's new hay go reach in deep and get ya a handful put it in a Ziploc bag and sit out in the sun you'll see. In central Texas hay that's left outside gets wet when it rains. Then dried by the sun. Hay wrapped up like that will be wet all the time.</p><p>Not a very good pic but 2014 first cutting, coastal,Johnson,ryegrass... been uncovered and out in full sun. Bleached maybe 3 inches.</p><p>When we had all that rain this hay had grass and mushrooms growing on it. Being exposed to the sun allows it to dry<a href="http://s908.photobucket.com/user/fenceman11/media/Mobile%20Uploads/KIMG0005_zpsu0mhg0ij.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac290/fenceman11/Mobile%20Uploads/KIMG0005_zpsu0mhg0ij.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="fenceman, post: 1273676, member: 23460"] I got a 2014 bale from my neighbor that had about 10-12" of dark hay around the perimeter that was unuseable. With hay loosing 20-30% over a year will this cover not help preserve it? I will open the ends of it but I was trying to prevent it from getting rained on. I put the gravel on high land to keep it from sucking up water when it rains. Pease dont tell me I threw $60 down the drain. Will this tarp break it down more?. Also trying to wrap it so my cows dont tear into it.[/quote] I hate to tell you that, but you don't want me to lie to ya. If it's new hay go reach in deep and get ya a handful put it in a Ziploc bag and sit out in the sun you'll see. In central Texas hay that's left outside gets wet when it rains. Then dried by the sun. Hay wrapped up like that will be wet all the time. Not a very good pic but 2014 first cutting, coastal,Johnson,ryegrass... been uncovered and out in full sun. Bleached maybe 3 inches. When we had all that rain this hay had grass and mushrooms growing on it. Being exposed to the sun allows it to dry[url=http://s908.photobucket.com/user/fenceman11/media/Mobile%20Uploads/KIMG0005_zpsu0mhg0ij.jpg.html][img]http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac290/fenceman11/Mobile%20Uploads/KIMG0005_zpsu0mhg0ij.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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