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I agree with what the others said, don't recall anything about using salt, will have to ask locally. I'm no hay expert, but did bale quite a bit when I was a youngster on the farm. My neighbor whom I buy from when he's got some good green hay baled, bales them loose, and will leave them on the wagon in the big pole barn until sold, he bales them loose, sometimes too loose, but still stay together, never have any problems there. We wait 2 weeks after it's baled to feed anyways. It's good to be involved when buying hay, your help may not be as attentive to wet or moldy hay. So many variables involved. We used to buy 2000-3000 bales from a guy whose daughter worked for us, she was a bit defensive about dads hay, I never liked it and last year put a stop to it. His fields were not up to par, weeds and an assortment of grasses, some bales ok, others not, horses picked through it mostly, left a bigger mess in the stalls taking longer to clean and choking the manure with too much hay/weeds etc., I compost it, theres enought money there to pay the taxes and then some, it works well I think. He bales them heavy and tight like bricks, wet and dry sometimes, he claims the drier ones in the mow will absorb the moisture. Yeah buddy,each to their own! Well I was running low and with 25 to feed had him send over a wagon with 200 bales one it, 26-30 were dangerously wet, and compacted heavily. I'm normally nice to everyone even when I should'nt never been a mean sort by any means, but I expressed my dissatisfaction, although I respect anyone who goes through the trouble to make these small squares regardless. Had I not been there, some might have ended up in the stack, I do recall a place nearby the house here that burned due to wet hay, quite a few horses died in that fire. I set up some tarps in one of our barns, we then laid out all the wet bales, broke em open and let them dry, was not about the money, nor the wastem, but the hazard. Same hay goes moldy quite often, and or too much dust, so it's just not the right hay for us and we are not overly picky by any means, I've been trying to stockpile the good stuff when available. It's good you are aware of th situationm, I did not sleep well the night we go the wet hay, thinking what if I missed one, it was fresh off the field too. They were apologetic and I said no need, just glad we caught the wet ones and seperated them out of the stack. Was just not the right hay for us, no biggie, he sells it off anyways so no hard feelings either, just have to use care when buying and handling.
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