Warmer Weather Pictures

Bobl1958 · Feb 18, 2015

Some of these I have had on here before, but I was dreaming of warmer weather looking at them so I thought I would post some pictures of putting up brome this past year. Some of the brome was pretty short due to lack of moisture. The last picture is a bull snake that I must have picked up when the bale was finishing up. Central KS. Bob

rrlund · Feb 18, 2015

Looks like your baler is putting an awful lot of twine on the outside ends of the bales. My 1475 did too when I first got it. They made different wheels where the twine runs over them in each side of the baler. The originals only had one magnet. I changed to wheels with two so it tricks the computer in to thinking it has put twice as much twine on so it gets away from the end quicker. I'm only getting about a wrap and a half on each end,then I can change the center wraps with the monitor. It sure saves a lot of twine.

Ultradog MN · Feb 18, 2015

Nice. Can almost smell the hay.
The White is beautiful.
Lot of hard winter yet here.
You wonder if those warm days will ever come.
But I guess they always do.

Bobl1958 · Feb 18, 2015

Thanks for that info Randy. I noticed that late in the season last year and didn't know if it had been doing it all along or if it had just started. I was about finished when I noticed it but figured I would look into it before I started this year. I'm reminded on every bale I pull out of the shed..lol!

Frank 41 · Feb 18, 2015

The days are getting longer at least. One of these days we will be complaining about it being too hot.

larry@stinescorner · Feb 18, 2015

very nice pictures!Nice warming effect!

Gundoctor · Feb 18, 2015

That is great to see but I need more than photo's here. We have over 4 feet of frost in the ground now. A lot of the cities water lines are freezing up here in Vermont.

L.Fure · Feb 18, 2015

I remember loading bales on a wagon behind a baler when I was a kid. We'd pick up a snake now and then with the baler. It really got exiting when it was the head that was sticking out. Of course I would leave the snake in the bale so the people in the mow could appreciate it too. :lol:

jeffcat · Feb 18, 2015

Baled that sucker up real good!

showcrop · Feb 19, 2015

Just curious. Why are you mowing when the grass is so short and thin appearing?

Bobl1958 · Feb 19, 2015

It is short because of the lack of rain, but it is not thin. It may just be the picture or maybe a thinner spot in the field.
The animals still need to eat, and waiting too long on brome means loss of protein.
The picture of the tractor and swather was a field that was cut late the year before and had the same as no moisture up until the time I cut it. I cut it high in an effort to lessen stress on the plant, but brome is kind of like a weed and is pretty hardy. This was the first year that I cut the field of brome that the tractor and swather is in the picture.
Regarding the other pictures, there was nothing thin about those fields. It was the first time they were cut in a few years and had a lot of dead plant material in them. They will be a lot better this year.
Plus, you need to keep in mind that this is Central KS and we don't get rainfall like a lot of you do. Bob

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