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| Small Baler in Action |
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| Pile of Big Bales Stacked by Skid Loader |
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| Hay Rake |
We had plenty of sunshine and perfect drying conditions to complete the hay baling. The hay after being teddered (spread out) is raked into narrow rows for baling. We bale both small bales and large bales. The balers take in the row of hay and pack it tight together and then have knotters which tie the string to form a bale. The small baler (New Holland BC 5070) has a thrower which kicks the bale out and into a wagon. The wagons are taken into the barn when full and manually unloaded. The big baler simply drops the bale onto the ground and then we go around with our skid loader (New Holland L 180) and pick them up in the field and transport them to the barn on a trailer. The small bales weigh roughly 45 lbs. while the large bales weigh roughly 800lbs. The hay is stored in the barns until the upcoming winter. Then we sell it to horse farms who use it for feeding. The first cutting of hay is finally complete after a full week of work. The hay fields will begin to grow up again for the second cutting, which will occur in about a month or so. (Sorry we didn't grab a picture of the big baler).
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