Plus, even Haystack Calhoun couldn't throw those things around.  I think
they weigh somewhere in the neighborhood of half a ton, but I never tried
to throw one.  Up here they wrap them in white plastic also.  They are not
very farmy looking, don't conjure up romantic images of a barn dance or
anything.  Before they took to wrapping them up we used to call them
"dinosaur turds."  Now they don't even look that good.  It takes a large
fork lift with a long spike on the front to lift them.  If you have the
equipment though they are much more efficient as it takes lots less labor
to handle them.  All you do is get one in place in the feed area and unwrap
it and the cows eat from it as is.  Sort of an "instant breakfast" for
bovines.  Ruth




At 6:06 PM -0500 10/16/01, Nadine H Wright wrote:
>Ralph,
>    The small time farmers still bundle it in sqare bales unless someone
>down the road owns one of those rolling machines.  I lived in Kentucky
>over 15 years ago, lots of new gadgets since then.  It would be kind of
>funny to see the chorus of Oklahoma trying to sing and balance on a round
>of hay like a lumberjack in a log rolling contest, though.  Something new
>on Broadway.
>
>Nadine

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