Making Hay

 

How to Cut, Dry, Rake, Gather, and Store a Nourishing Crop.

 

Ann Larkin Hansen covers everything you need to know to successfully make your own hay, from cutting, drying, and raking to baling and storing. She also tells you everything you need to know about equipment options, including horse power, tractor power, and implements ranging from scythes to disc mowers. You’ll learn how to choose the right speices for your soil, how to predict haymaking weather, how to judge hay quality, how to determine how much hay your animals need, and how to buy and sell hay successfully.