I wish you'd made pictures too. I love going up there. It's awsome to see them using 3 and 4 Belgians abreast to pull their farm equipment. I need to pay a visit to the saddlemaker up there. I'd like to have one of those trooper saddles he makes. The western model I bought from him last year was gorgeous but it didn't fit Tennessee very well so I sold it to Donnie. It fits Bullet just fine though.
I'm not getting to ride today. :o( I've got some work to do, but at least I can login and do it from home, then I've got a family reunion to go to and I've got to cook something (God help 'em) and I've got baled hay on the ground that needs putting in the barn after that. I didn't know the guy was going to bale it. I'd much rather he'd rolled it. I've gotten spoiled since I started using rolls. Don't wanna fool with square bales anymore. Too much work!
We got tired of messing with square bales about 10 years ago and started using Horse Chow by Purina. It is a complete pellet. The girl that owns the horse I'm riding, did not want to change his feed program so she had a round bale delivered here for him. I have been tempted to try round bales, but now I wouldn't use them. Lots of waste, at least by this horse.
I know alot of people (well most, I know no one else that uses complete pellets:), are leary of them. But I have really been impressed at the ease. And I do believe my horses like them too. On camping trips, I hang a hay net just for something to do while they are tied, they really don't seem to be that interested in it.
Becky
I will search for some old pictures that I made there a few years ago that shows the corn stalks shocked in the fields. If I can find them they will have to be scanned into the computer but I will see if they are still around. : )
Round bales are the best way to go for me too. I use a round ring to stop the waste and it works well. So handy when you want to take off a couple of days or the weather is bad. At least you know that your horses are not hungry.