Punchy Dan:
A farmers wife has to muck in , a hauliers wife is know for spending
She was certainly a grafter, I saw her with a herd of cows in a field, they must know her as they were all following her to a big cow shed.
Did you have a go on the udders? Guess not, would’ve upset the farmer. It’s actually quite hard using your hands.
Was tempted
I had a go once at one of those open farm days. You have to use your fingers more than hands. I got bloody kicked in the head! Police said in the interview it’s just not the done thing in public.
James the cat:
I had a go once at one of those open farm days. You have to use your fingers more than hands. I got bloody kicked in the head! Police said in the interview it’s just not the done thing in public.
Re the weight thing of wet straw/hay UKT I’ll take yet another uneducated punt here and say that unless it was totally immersed in water for a long time that it will be naturally resilient to the effect of rainwater otherwise all them quaint thatched cottages roofs would come crashing down!
the maoster:
Re the weight thing of wet straw/hay UKT I’ll take yet another uneducated punt here and say that unless it was totally immersed in water for a long time that it will be naturally resilient to the effect of rainwater otherwise all them quaint thatched cottages roofs would come crashing down!
Your last uneducated punt turned out correct and I think this one is not far off the mark either. Farmers weekly magazine states they lose around 16% of straw due to adverse weather which going on what you say adds up.
UKtramp:
Rather an interesting read about covering straw when transporting by road. hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg125.pdf
It is advising not to sheet straw as it is dangerous and working at height rules come into play, also by covering the straw with any covering whilst transporting it encourages the growth of mould and traps condensation. So Mr know it all GOG47 who actually knows nothing is yet again wrong.
Well obviously I’m no expert like you but if you rock up at Cairnryan and try to ship across with an un-sheeted load of straw you will be told to take it away and bring it back with a sheet on. Is there a part of this you don’t quite understand
the maoster:
Re the weight thing of wet straw/hay UKT I’ll take yet another uneducated punt here and say that unless it was totally immersed in water for a long time that it will be naturally resilient to the effect of rainwater otherwise all them quaint thatched cottages roofs would come crashing down!
Being stacked on the lorry the airflow naturally means only a small percentage gets wet if they have been moved in rain we usually seperate off the ones on the bunk and the bottom front bales on the trailer and check others individually
Organisation is best so if its raining move straw that has been stood outside if dry move barn stored straw where possible
Or run straw to the powerplants as they dont care on moisture content as much as some places
Thatch roofs dont rot quickly as its woven together to make a waterproof blanket on the outside the bales do this to so if just rained on will only tend to be rotten on the outside couple of inches
There are lots of tricks to stacking straw outside to help make it last in wet weather
