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question regarding square vs round hay bales
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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 390490" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>Impossible, huh? Perhaps you're confusing sunbleaching with spoilage? Two completely different things. But don't pull the impossible line, unless you're willing to come up here and hay for a few years.</p><p></p><p>Think about it for a bit. A small square bale is about 18 inches or so thick. If you end up with 2 inches of spoilage all around the outside of a bale, you're losing 20% of so of your bale. Uh uh.</p><p></p><p>If you're getting that much spoilage, I think you'd better start PACKING your bales instead of leaving them sitting loose then, unless whatever you're baling doesn't allow for tight packing. I've been putting up hay for 30 years, the last few years custom as well as my own. I've never had to hay in the south with your different grasses, but stick to plain old alfalfa or meadow brome style grasses.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 390490, member: 2862"] Impossible, huh? Perhaps you're confusing sunbleaching with spoilage? Two completely different things. But don't pull the impossible line, unless you're willing to come up here and hay for a few years. Think about it for a bit. A small square bale is about 18 inches or so thick. If you end up with 2 inches of spoilage all around the outside of a bale, you're losing 20% of so of your bale. Uh uh. If you're getting that much spoilage, I think you'd better start PACKING your bales instead of leaving them sitting loose then, unless whatever you're baling doesn't allow for tight packing. I've been putting up hay for 30 years, the last few years custom as well as my own. I've never had to hay in the south with your different grasses, but stick to plain old alfalfa or meadow brome style grasses. Rod [/QUOTE]
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