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Agweek Magazine Cowboy Logic column.(Column)

Byline: Ryan M. Taylor

Oct. 2--TOWNER, N.D. -- Every fall, I question the progress made in haying methods, especially the day we quit stacking our hay and began rolling it into big round bales.

Used to be you put in your hours in the summer making a nice bunch of haystacks that weighed 6 tons or more. Sure, it took a long time and a big hay crew to run all the needed equipment, but the autumn chore of moving it in was a cinch.

What we used to accomplish with 150 sparse stately stacks of hay we do today with 1,500 round bales littering every available acre on the meadow.

The wise old ranchers in our neighborhood told us "when you bale your hay, the work's only ...

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