I usually cut 4 to 6 passes around a field then go to rows. That allows me to rake two cut passes together at a time to make two to three raked rows around the field to bale giving room at the ends so you don't have to turn the baler as sharp when I bale the rows. There are other ways I'm sure, but this is the way I learned as kid. The next videos to come will show raking and baling.