In years gone by , everyone kept thier hay covered ,and protected from the elements, as it was hard to come by, and had real value. They kept thier cattle in for much the same reason, also cattle kept in and tied could be over winered on less of that valuable feed. And you got to have the manure pile to use as fertilizer,before chemical fert, was avaliable. Now making hay is an easy one man job, and becauseone man can make so much in a day, it has little value. Cattle have much less value now than they did even 40 years ago, so we run more outside for less work. Feed them large volumes of cheap feed, we can't aford, or be bothered to cover or store inside.And the manure dosen't get the same respect as fertilizer, as it isn't as easy to apply as chemical. Things did change, but they will change again.As feed value increase,and cattle price go up.When, just as soon as the governments relize they can no longer aford to pay for thier cheap food policy, if not sooner.Remember the outside 4" on a 4x4 bale is 30% of the hay in the bale, so spoilage can add up fast,on a round bale left out
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