Pics of haying

ddivinia · May 18, 2009

We got an early cutting of oats and rye. Here are some pics of our work. 5525 with a 467.

Enjoy,
D.

funny farmer · May 18, 2009

It was snowing here a couple days ago, not enough to stay, but it looked cold out.

Thomas · May 18, 2009

That's sign of summer,about month before haying starts in my area....haying equipment sure has change last 40 years.

chh · May 18, 2009

I have some early rye/fescue hay that needed to have been mowed a couple of weeks ago. It is still so wet after all the rain in the last month that there is no way to put equipment in the field. Unseasonably cool temps have the bermuda fields on hold, growth wise, going to be another "interesting" year.

jimg · May 18, 2009

I baled some hay last month just to make sure my equipment was all working. It turned out really nice. Then its rained everyday since then. Looks like this w/e might be rain free. At any rate once we get 5 or 6 dry days together I'm going to cut the rest.

NSBound · May 18, 2009

Slightly off topic, not haying, but plowing. This was me driving the tractor around 1964 or so, my uncle handling the plow, in Nova Scotia. Plowing has changed some too!

ddivinia · May 18, 2009

funny farmer said:
It was snowing here a couple days ago, not enough to stay, but it looked cold out.

Wow - crazy. I have not been doing this hay stuff very long, but this is the earliest cutting I have ever gotten.

D.

ddivinia · May 18, 2009

chh said:
I have some early rye/fescue hay that needed to have been mowed a couple of weeks ago. It is still so wet after all the rain in the last month that there is no way to put equipment in the field. Unseasonably cool temps have the bermuda fields on hold, growth wise, going to be another "interesting" year.

It was somewhat wet in my pastures, but no ruts, etc. My problem as wet ant mounds plugging my disc mower. I finally got sick of clearing it and just mowed it. As soon as I get the hay out of there I will let the cows clean it up.

D.

ddivinia · May 18, 2009

NSBound said:
Slightly off topic, not haying, but plowing. This was me driving the tractor around 1964 or so, my uncle handling the plow, in Nova Scotia. Plowing has changed some too!

Wow - what a picture. How much could you do in a day with that setup? Most people around here use those as mail box holders.

D.

Thomas · May 18, 2009

NSBound.
Pics as such sure do bring back alot of memories...whew.

EddieWalker · May 18, 2009

NSBound said:
Slightly off topic, not haying, but plowing. This was me driving the tractor around 1964 or so, my uncle handling the plow, in Nova Scotia. Plowing has changed some too!

That was a year before I was born.

I really like the picture, it just jumps out at me as a very good example of how things have changed. I'm sure it wasn't all that unusual to do that sort of work, and you probably didn't think anything about. You just knew that it needed to get done, so you went out there and did it!!!!

Thanks for sharing,
Eddie

NSBound · May 18, 2009

EddieWalker said:
That was a year before I was born.

Eddie

Now I suddenly feel old! (Not really, Eddie, you are only as old as you want to be.)

mlauk · May 20, 2009

ddivinia said:
It was somewhat wet in my pastures, but no ruts, etc. My problem as wet ant mounds plugging my disc mower. I finally got sick of clearing it and just mowed it. As soon as I get the hay out of there I will let the cows clean it up.

D.

How long did you let the hay set before you raked it? I've had rain every week in NE Texas.

ddivinia · May 21, 2009

mlauk said:
How long did you let the hay set before you raked it? I've had rain every week in NE Texas.

Cut: Friday and Sat
Rake some on Wed - mostly TH.
Baled some on TH and rest on Friday
Rained .46" on Sat.

It got some rain, but a minimal amount during that week.

D.

jimg · May 22, 2009

I cut most of my acres last night and was real pleased w/ the new stand I put in. In most places it was real heavy (like fur on a dog). I think I have more than enough down to sq bale and roll. The only reason I didn't do all my acres was the field is still too wet in the middle. Up until this week we've have loads of rain. Hope we continue getting ample rain thru the summer.

ddivinia · May 22, 2009

jimg said:
I cut most of my acres last night and was real pleased w/ the new stand I put in. In most places it was real heavy (like fur on a dog). I think I have more than enough down to sq bale and roll. The only reason I didn't do all my acres was the field is still too wet in the middle. Up until this week we've have loads of rain. Hope we continue getting ample rain thru the summer.

Cool deal!

More fertilizer too

D.