YAY, and a hay question

[FarmboyBill]

I finally got my baler running, YAY. Dont know if it will tie now or not . Dont see, now that I see it running, how the needles crashed anyhow. The horsehead has 2 slots for the needles to run through crosswise, while its doing its in and out action.. I hooked a belt onto the flywheel and onto the tractor pulley and tripped it 2 doz times. Nada, THANK YOU GOD, Now for the question. Some farmers here in NE Okla get 2 cuttings of hay. Very few, but some. Im wondering, since its gonna be in the 100s all this week, and who knows how long into Aug, What might I expect out of my hay if I waited till Sept to cut it. Thanks

[rambler]

I've found, over the years, if you have a crop to harvest - harvest it. Then you have something. If you wait, you might have nothing. Almost never do you have more if you wait, only less.

--->Paul

[uncle Will in In.]

If there is grass in the mixture, They grass isn't very paletable after it forms seed heads. Unless the livestock are close to starving they will not eat it.

[65284]

What Uncle Will said. And if allowed to stand too long the nutritional value declines.

[4PIGS]

Bale now, with those temperatures and good irrigation, you should get another good cutting by Fall. Here in Utah it is not uncommon to get 3 or even 4 cuttings. Is that why hay prices have soared so high? It probably has something to do with the fact that it is impossible to bale a subdivision of homes. So much good farmland is being covered with homes. Happy Haying!