A scene from the past

IA Roy · Dec 28, 2016

Driving east from Chariton Iowa last Tuesday, I went past a hay field covered with small rounds being grazed by a herd of cows. A little further and another field with just the bales. I can'tell remember the last time I saw that!.

Eldon (WA) · Dec 28, 2016

(quoted from post at 20:26:57 12/28/16) Driving east from Chariton Iowa last Tuesday, I went past a hay field covered with small rounds being grazed by a herd of cows. A little further and another field with just the bales. I can'tell remember the last time I saw that!.

There are still a few out there using the AC round balers. We occasionally left a field of wild hay bales lay for the stock cows back in the day...nice thing about the little rounds is they would shed water and keep in the field....try that with a square bale and you end up with moldy mush.

notjustair · Dec 29, 2016

This year I noticed one of the neighbors kicked out small rounds. Not tiny roto-baker size, but 3-3.5 footers. I'm not sure why. I haven't run into him anywhere in town to find out the story, but you can bet there is one. One of those "if I make them that size I can get one more row on the truck under the high line in the barnyard" deals. Things that leave you scratching your head.

Bret4207 · Dec 29, 2016

Friend of mine, now gone to his reward, used to make small rounds with a Hesston 530. They were about 3 foot high IIRC, maybe a little smaller. He did it so he could run them down the barn with his old loose hay trolley for covered storage and roll them out by himself in the barn.

Texasmark1 · Dec 29, 2016

Small Farm Innovations in Central TX. sells a 3' dia. mini roller for just as you said about feeding like a square but resisting the elements, or handling with small tractors, like a 25 hp sub compact.

A scene from the past

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