By Cathy Hird
"Make hay while the sun shines." As good a piece of advice as "strike while the iron is hot," but also just as out of context for most of us. And it is not quite that simple. A farmer doesn't just head out to the field as soon as the sun shines.
First step: check the equipement. Apply grease. Examine U-joints, chains and belts. This year, when I attempted to tighten the chains on the haybine, they wouldn't. They'd been stretched beyond useful and needed to be replaced. By the time I had them off, my hands and arms were black with oil and grease. The machine did purr when I got the new ones on.
Second pause: wait until the hay has matured. Hay provides the best feed value when the alfalfa is in bud, and the timothy has just headed out. But no one can get all the hay cut and baled at
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