Instead of Dinosaur Turds, now they look like Gigantic Larvae.

There's no telling what will be the cause of nostalgia in the future.  Hay
stacks are long forgotton, replaced by bales, an earlier efficiency effort.

-jc

Ruth Barton wrote:

> 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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