Joshua 1:8 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Mowing and stacking Hay
Mowing hay is an important job on the farm.
In olden days we started mowing in the month of June and it could last thru Sept.
Mowing now isn't anything like it was when I was a kid growing up on the farm .
Now a day's you can mow as much hay in an hour, as you could do in two day's with a team of mules .
Our mules worked all day, stopping only, occasionally for a little rest .
You needed dry weather for harvesting hay and once you started mowing, you tried to finish as soon as possible.
Some times it was hard to find a few days with out rain .
As the old saying goes..." you got to make hay while the sun is shinning....that's pretty much true for the farmer.
When your mowing was finished.... the hay needed to cure for a day or so .... or until it was brown and dry.
Stacking the dried hay around a wooden pole was the next step, that helped protect it from the elements.
The stacks started big at the bottom, and tapered off to pretty much nothing at the top, making it shed rain.
Now a days the hay is rolled up into large roles and it does the same thing.
Mowing and stacking hay was Hard work, but was a needful thing, for the live stock to have food.
During a good hay year we might have as many as five or ten stack to get our live stock through the winter.
Farmers today might need 100 roles for their operation due to a much larger scale of farming.
Until next time, God Bless.
My Meditations by, Coleman
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