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steven in tn

05-18-2007 15:44:25

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how dry do u guys like to get your grass hay for square bales? how do u tell?

also i have a h. niemeyer sohne 4446 herstel riesenbeck hr 301/hr 301-d nr 3325 tedder
and was wondering what it does when u adjust the lever on top and that turns the wheels out to the right.

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flying belgian

05-19-2007 18:02:33

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Re: hay and tedder ?s in reply to steven in tn, 05-18-2007 15:44:25

I usually hold it to my lips and I don't want to feel any moisture when doing that.

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MN Bob

05-19-2007 06:19:54

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Re: hay and tedder ?s in reply to steven in tn, 05-18-2007 15:44:25

If you had to ask, you are like me and not an experienced guesser! Tdhere all kinds of expensive probes out there, but a microwave oven, a paper plate and a gram scale, (mine is garage sale special for dieters) and a glass of water. Go to this site, top right is a search engine, type in microwave and you will have it. Many of these guys are truly experts in their part of the country, and experienced enough to tell, for novice or beginner we need to have some assurace as we learn so no spoiled hay. good luck
http://www.agry.purdue.edu/agronomy/

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johns48jdb

05-19-2007 04:45:35

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Re: hay and tedder ?s in reply to steven in tn, 05-18-2007 15:44:25

if you guys would cut your hay with a conditioner you can bale it the next day without all this extra steps and equiptment. the only hay i didn't bale the next day after cutting with a conditioner was sudex. i've seen the time when you didn't get 3 days to put your hay up and just barely get it done in two before it rains. the dryer hay the more food value it losses. if you walk on it and it crunches, bale it. i always started my raking just as the dew got off and the baler within an hour after that especailly if the temopertature was in the upper 80's. get somebody to moe a round or two for you with a conditioner and see the difference in the brightness and smell of the hay.

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Cliff Neubauer

05-19-2007 19:37:31

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Re: hay and tedder ?s in reply to johns48jdb, 05-19-2007 04:45:35

Where are you located at? Here in Iowa even with a conditioner all the stars would have to be line up for you to be able to mow hay one day and bale the next. We went from using a disk mower for the past five years to a disk conditioner this year and so far I like what I'm seeing but I just started mowing last night and can't tell how much drying time we are saving yet. I would love to get to the point where we can mow one morning and bale the following afternoon but with alfalfa the only way we would stand a chance at it is with a conditioner, tedder and a rotary rake.

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backwoodsfarm

05-18-2007 18:38:57

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Re: hay and tedder ?s in reply to steven in tn, 05-18-2007 15:44:25

Mow with the haybine on Monday afternoon, ted the windrows out Tuesday morning as soon as the dew is gone, ted again Wednesday morning, let it dry for a few hours, rake it, let it dry for another hour and then bale like crazy. That's how we do it in Maine. Not always on those three days of course!

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Charlie M

05-18-2007 18:15:43

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Re: hay and tedder ?s in reply to steven in tn, 05-18-2007 15:44:25

For my money a hay tedder is a required piece of equipment for doing hay, no matter how long or odd sounding the name is. It eliminates having wads of hay that didn't completely dry and around our area it saves a whole day on drying - its usually an extra day you won't get due to weather.

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plowboy1

05-18-2007 17:38:47

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Re: hay and tedder ?s in reply to steven in tn, 05-18-2007 15:44:25

When you kick it around, it sounds "dry", kinda crunchy.

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