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Wrapping a silage bale.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...975#post153041
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...148#post126072
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...898#post187004
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...435#post173617
I can't imagine doing that by hand.
I've never seen silage baled before! Back home in Georgia the farmers had their own silage pits and would just pull it out, one scoop at a time, with a front end loader and give it directly to the animals. How big is that, I wonder, and why would you bale it? I just went out and Googled "silage baler" and discovered that's fresh, raw silage they are baling, and it ferments in the package. I still don't see benefits that outweigh having a silage pit, though.
It allows hay to be cut one day and baled the next instead of needing 4 or 5 days of good weather. I aim to bale dry hay but have a wrapper incase the weather changes and rain is coming, It makes very high quality feed with zero waste un like a silo where a minimum amount must be fed daily to keep ahead of spoilage from contact with air.
Wow! I would have thought green hay wrapped like that would be a case of spontaneous combustion waiting to happen. I guess there's no oxygen, but it might get kinda hot in there. The dairy farmers around us grew silage crops--corn, millet, winter rye, and such--which they chopped and fermented to feed the cows, along with hay. Thanks for clearing up that mystery for me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tooler2