The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-09-05
Better Baled Hay Gives Stock More Feed
Neat and Uniform Work Brings Ton Prices

Were 1t as easy and simple to save
hay when it rains as it is to make hav
When Old Sol has his blast furnaces
working to capacity, hay producing
and marketing problems would, to a
certain extent, be slmplifed. 10 put
a guage on the weather man ana to
regulate the amount of dew, rain and
sunshine served out during the hay
making season would be the hay
farmers dream OF Utopia. Although
the hay raiser can not cash in on
any such vision. he can materially
improve his hay revenue by more
careful market preparation of his
cash crop OF forage. uncle Sam wants
to help every FARMER to make the
most OF his surplus hay crop, and
hence he has just published Farmers
Bulletin 1049, which is replete in
helpful hints and practical suggestions
on when, why and how to bale hay
and manage baling crews.
Hay is graded according to the way
in which it is baled. Bales OF uniform
size and Of neat, attractive appear
ance bring top prices, other condi-
tions being equal, while ragged, un-
slightly bales are penalized. In bal
ing hay for market, various practices
are in operation; some are followed
unconsciously or in order to avoid ex-
ira work, while others are followed
deliberately with intent to deceive
the buyer, which tend to lower the
market value Of hay in the bale ir-
respective Of it's actual quality.
Ihe new Department OF Agriculture
publication describes the various types
OF hay presses, discusses their adapta-
billty and operations under different
condltions, and gives detailed infor-
NATION concerning the management OF
Dallng crews. The question OF owning
press or hiring the work of baling
is rather fully considered, as it is be-
lleved that many hay growers who
now hire custom balers would do we'll
to give careful consideration to the
advantages that may accrue from hav-
ing press on the farm.
One-horse, perpetual presses, made
by reliable concerns, are capable OF
turning out the same kind OF bales
as are made by the regulation two
horse presses. They are designed fol
the farmer who has a small acreage
Of hay, and they can be especially
recommended for the small hay grow
er if he is in a section where little
hay is grown and where hay presses
are scarce and hard to hire. The only
objection to this type Of press it its
small production day. If the pros
pective purchaser is in doubt DIS tt
which size to buy, it would probably
be better in many instances for hin
to buy the two-horse press. The one
horse press can be used to advantage
ii hay is baled from the stack or barr
at a time when there is no urgen
need to do other farm work.
The tWo-horse, full-clrcle, or con
tinuous-travel, perpetual press is tn
type of horse press most extenslveI.
used. In operating this machine th
horses travel in circle. In buying
press Of this type the purchase
should pay especial attention to tn
power mechanism, the material use'
1or important parts OF the press, slz
Of the feed opening, plunger retun
device, selt-feeding attachment, an
convenience IN tying the bales, and L
setting and moving the press.
Large hay growers and shipper
who buy and bale large quantities o
hay generally use power presses
These are in common use in section
where the usual practice is to bal
hay from the windrow or the cock
such as the alfalfa and Johnson gras:
and prairie hay sections Of the South
They are sometimes used in prefer
ence to the two-horse type on alfalf;
and johnson grass hay farms, ever
where the hay acreage is compare
lively small, say from 80 to 70 acres
for the reason that they will bale hay
about twice as fast as it could be done
with two-horse press, thereby great