6 years later, how is it holding up in the bathroom? I'm considering it for my kitchen and bathroom.

It’s pretty cool. I think you could score a decent little new holland baler pretty cheap if you look around. That compact tractor would have no problem with it. Way simpler too. ✌️not trying to be mean either.

Hello Clover Mountain diary, we would love to work with you.

SO excited for you guys with the new baler!!! love it!! thanks for the video!!!

Old guy, Just wondering...? Why do you cut your hay so far from the ground? looks like eight inch stubble! I aim for two - three inch max.. is your ground rocky or uneven? If not... drop that bar right down so it sits right on the ground. adjust the float spring so it takes about five\ten lbs to lift it off the ground.. most of the hay is in the "bottom" the first foot of growth... if you don't take it most of it dies back brown before the new growth anyway! So why not?

Looks great - lot of those Hesston 530/MF 1734 round balers around here.

Might be good to rent a bull if you are doing that? I bet a lot of farmers would be happy to let their bull have xmas away you could AI with Jersey and then rent a clean up Angus or something?

Nice, I like the simplicity of that bailer

nice hay! better than money in the bank... (when its up ;-)

Nice to see the place in grass! Thanks Virginia for all the beautiful sweet footage of the cows and Stacy with the cows and your place at the end. That felt like a lovely dessert! Sending you warm wishes!!

If you can’t fix it with baler twine and gray tape you can’t fix it.

Looks like traveling too fast cutting

That's outstanding! I'm thrilled for you guys. It looks like it's in really good shape. Enjoy!

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I can’t believe all your progress !!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

I thought WA DOE made round bales illegal.

If you make wider winrows you probably won’t have to weave while baling. Maybe try raking two winrows together for wider rows.

Enjoyed the answer to the hay question.

Congratulations on the new baler, but why did you cut your hay high and leave so much stubble grass in the field?

Mymymy fancy wancy operation!!!! God Bless!!!!

I realized during my long-lost youth that I am addicted to both good hay and to the various processes which produce it. The first hay we made was cut with a neighbor’s Farmall Cub, raked with a horse-drawn dump rake behind the Cub, forked by hand onto the bed of a 1974 GMC pickup, and stored in one end of the small shed that served as a barn. We tried an outdoor stack with a second cutting that year, but the experiment was not entirely successful. Our high-class Nubian goats were a large but worthwhile investment. Our eldest was helping milk before she was three. Three years later, Charlene the Guernsey came to enrich our lives. We still had goats, but we discovered that we prefer the quadrateatular. By the time Charlene arrived, we had moved to larger acreage. We mowed with a Farmall M powering a John Deere No. 5, drawbar-mounted, sickle mower. The M was never tainted with some fancy-schmancy three-point hitch. We windrowed with a pinwheel rake, loaded onto a flat bed truck with forks, and stored on the floor of a mercifully-large barn. Over the years, our methodology adapted to available technology. We’ve mown with everything from a Grillo walking tractor to a New Holland swather. The range of motivation included an old Popping John and a nearly new Hesston diesel. My favorite mowing rig was a pair of Belgians pulling a freshly rebuilt McCormick Deering High Gear Nine. I replaced the five foot sickle with a six foot cutter from a Farmall A belly mower. Those horses would have wanted to trot the entire time if not for that extra foot of load. My second favorite mower is an Austrian-style scythe that I’ve used around the homestead over the past few years. The 90cm blade was hand forged in Germany in the 1950s. It mounts to an extra long, bent-ash snath to accommodate my height and ape arms.. We’ve had a variety of rakes and balers, but we’ve never owned a round baler. I have fed an enormous number of round bales to milk cows, but they were all purchased. In the unlikely event that we return to making hay, I will get a round baler. The one you have looks to be the right size. Stacy, you said more than you may realize when you mentioned the magical aspect of the workings of a round baler. The fact is that everything about hay borders on the mystical. I am awed by the realization that mere humans can invest honest sweat and summer effort into a process that eventually converts part of the unimaginable-but-indigestible bounty of grass into something as marvelous as Joyful Jersey Juice. It’s no wonder that ancient Caucasians considered one who owned kefir grains to be wealthy. Perhaps in the not-so-distant future, we will experience widespread appreciation of the value of a good cow and the means to feed her. In the meanwhile, let’s join the late-great Gene Logston in proclaiming the profundity of Isaiah 40:6, “All flesh is grass.”

nice new baler,,,great job

Never get tired of seeing the mowing rig doing the job! That is really nice that you were able to find a really mint baler that will fit your tractor. Big win.Yes, making a nicely-shaped round bale is a learning process, but unless you're wrapping them individually, it's not a seriously important task. I've eliminated a lot of stress in that area by learning to make my windrows as wide as the pickup whenever possible. I'm not a fan of round bale feeders because there is so much waste, but we use them because there is no better option in some situations. One of the handiest tools we've acquired in the last few years is a McHale bale slicer. It is much better than a chainsaw and it, of course, makes it much easier to feed a round bale in a barn manger situation. Keith-.

You get older but not faster is what we say, just curios why you cut the grass so tall, is it for the regrow because i think the growing point of the grass is much lower, thanks and greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer

I actually thought it was a new bailer! It's in great shape, best of luck with it!! 👍😎

Is there a reason why you leave such long stubble when you cut your hay?

Congratulations on the new baler! You will like having it, those Hesstons are pretty much bullet proof, easy to get parts for etc. I've always enjoyed watching you put up loose hay, but with all you two have going on now, it's the practical way to go!

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For anybody who wants to see a small scale practical demonstration of how the baler creates the bale, watch somebody rolling a cigarette with a rolling machine. Same principle.

The new baler will be a very handy addition to the farm. Fun to see the little Cub still out there working like it was made to do. It must be immensely satisfying to have a barn full of hay that was grown and harvested on your own land.

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You might have enough cows that a Greg Judy bale unroller would work well. You could bale graze on your pastures in the winter.

Awesome!

I was glad that you are still using the Farmall Cub to mow your Hay! You get more nutrients in your Hay not cutting it with the new equipment! Good luck with your new bailer!

Excellent work guy keep the great videos coming. Buckley Wa

Nice. As your herd grows, you have to increase your efficiency. I love that little Farmall Cub. Great little sicklebar mower. That baler looks just the right size. Have you had any bales roll out and just keep rolling away, down a swale? On the plus side ,less loose hay handling means less less hay down your back . 👍 Take care guys.

🎉❤Yay another video!! Looks Beautiful there and Congrats on the Baler!! It was interesting to learn about it!! 🐂

Saturday I brought my Amish friends to an auction in peebles ohio about a thirty minute drive away and saw the same model of new idea l62 hay loader i have sell for 2k all the various pre ww2 sickle bar mowers sold for 1.5k they only had one post war no 9 there, there was an immaculate cornbinder and a immaculate wheat binder, and i got the knifes for my no9 sickle bar mowers for half the price of new and i got the track for the hayloft barn im planning for a dollar!!!!!!, im going to set my loft up so that the stalls for my horses have hay feeders that are gravity fed so all i have to do is use a catwalk on the sides of the hayloft to fill them once every couple days

Congrats on the baler. Looks like it is in good shape. Hope it performs great.

You mentioned changing them over to just grass hay. What were they getting before? You also mentioned “getting them down to a certain amount of pounds”. What were you referring to? And how does aloe boost their immune system? Great video! Thanks 🇨🇦

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Grass makes milk, your goingbtonsee a drop in milk.production

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Beautiful cows🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Farming is a science in progress. Good luck on fall calving. ❤❤

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Unfortunately I have not been able to get my cow to breed back at the same time every year. Therefore I’ve calved in the spring and the fall. There’s advantages and disadvantages both season.

They all look so good. Thank you for sharing. 🐂

I love that you guys spend so much time with your animals . They are definitely family . Have loved following you from you start. I also love that you keep your calves with their moms . That is huge.

ithink that is a great idea.