NCF, If you are working the field to plant sweet corn you probably have a plow ,disc, harrow to prepare the seed bed, so you won't need any more for hay, but you will need some sort of seeder; endgate or drill,or maybe talk to the fertilizer co. about mixing it with your broadcast fertilizer. What type of Hay ? Grass, you could get by with a 9' sickle mower and side delivery rake, Alfalfa/clover you are better off with a cut/conditioner to speed dry down and also a rake. Baler-closest reliable dealer. Do you have customers, will you be able to supply them ? Do you have hay wagons, a place to store hay, help you can depend on; small squares are labor intensive ? First year hay is mostly expense, maybe one cutting. baler=$1500-3500, mower=$250-500,(cut/cond.=$2000-5000 rake=$250-1500, racks(2or3)=$500 each,seed and fertilizer=$250-350/acre and fertilize after every second cutting. Fuel,twine,labor,repairs=$???
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Today's Featured Article - Tuning-Up Your Tractor: Plugs & Compression Testing - by Curtis Von Fange. The engine seems to run rough. In the exhaust you can hear an occasion 'poofing' sound like somethings not firing on all cylinders. Under loaded conditions the tractor seems to lack power and it belches black smoke out of the exhaust. For some reason it just doesn't want to start up without cranking and cranking the starter. All these conditions can be signals that your unit is in need of a tune up. Ok, so what is involved in a tune up? You say, swap plugs and file the points....now tha
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