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My hay seems a little too warm
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Posted by ole on June 18, 2003 at 06:52:57 from (66.187.42.71):
I cut and baled two fields over the weekend. Cut on Saturday and let lay in the 70+ sunny day Sunday and half of Monday. I checked the windrow from my MoCo and decided to roll it over to dry the last underside and by mid afternoon was square baling it up. I finished all the baling of that first field on Monday but did not pick up the bales until Tuesday. I don�t have a throw wagon and do the entire job alone so I let them drop on the field and go back later to get them. So the first field laid on the ground overnight without getting rained on or wet. Tuesday I rolled all the bales over to allow the side on the gound to dry while I raked and baled my second field. I took most of the day to get them done and decided since the first lot already laid out to get my second field off before dark. I finished 190 bales there as it was getting dark and went after the first field. These bales are noticeably heavier, by at least two fold. The field does have a different composition with some 15% remaining alfalfa in it from a very old stand, and much heavier grasses. My MoCo likes to cut that field better being heavier. So as I am loading these bales in my truck I can�t help but think they are wet because they are so heavy. They felt fine. Just compact. My baler put them up tight. I got the first load back to the barn and the second bale I carried in was noticeably warm. I reached inside and it felt dry but very warm. Here are my questions. Can the heat from the sun drying the hay (around 80 and clear sky all day) when baled be retained inside that bale? I have never felt them to be that warm but I also usually bale later in the day. Second question is for pointers as to know when the hay is down and drying, how do you decide it is dry enough to bale? Thanks for your help.
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