Hay report 

By Graham Massey 

Submitted to Corner Post

We got a good hay crop from our small acreage last month.  We loaded 136 square bales into our hayloft and the neighbor who cut and baled it got nine large round bales for himself. As the baler spit out its product, I considered the quality of the cured grass and the uniform, tightly packed bales, and thought to myself, “That sure is a pretty sight.”     

At almost the same instant, my wife came up behind me and said out loud, “That sure is a pretty sight.”  I’m sure she had ample appreciation for the nutrition that was being packaged for cattle and horses to enjoy months from now; but the fact that shorter grass meant fewer hiding places for creeping, slithering things she doesn’t want to meet was important to her, too.   

A second cutting is probably about 3-5 weeks away and it should also be good.  My neighbor will want to give the grass all the time it needs to reach its optimum production level.  My wife, on the other hand, will be hoping to see more hay bales sooner rather than later.