It can be done and we have done it, though not in your climate. But, I
think that you are better off with square bales to drive through the paddock
pulling a wagon and flaking off the hay for the cows. With dry cows you
can feed just enough so that there will be very little waste, you can
spread the hay better than by just setting them, and polywire in the winter
can be a real pain.
Clay
MO Ozarks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan & Nina White" <jonathan@cowsoutside.com>
To: <graze-l@witt.ac.nz>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:52 PM
Subject: [Graze-l] [SPAM] - placing hay in winter pastures - Found word(s)
farm in the Text body.
> Hey, folks, I need your advice:
>
> Having decided not to make hay this year (phew!!!), I've just secured a
> supply of dry grass hay for wintering my 50-odd dry cows. My plan is to
> unload the semi-loads directly into the winter pastures this fall, cover
> them, put poly wire around them, and park the tractors for the winter. Am
> I dreaming?
>
> I'm getting square 600 lb bales. My questions are, how to cover them, how
> to portion them out, and what else can go wrong.....
>
>
>
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