Posted by rrlund on December 11, 2013 at 14:08:25 from (207.241.137.116):
I cut corn stalks in the snow a week ago last Friday. Raked them the following Sunday when the snow was melting off and it was getting muddy. I baled them first thing the next morning because they were calling for freezing rain that night. They were dry (or frozen) on top,but had pulled so much moisture from the ground that the baler belts were running shiny and wet. I could see when I kicked them out that they were wet but I kept going. I've baled wet stalks before and always ended up with frozen blocks of red mold. I hauled these things home a week ago tomorrow and started feeding them. Actually just dropping them in the barns figuring they'd tear them apart and lay on the stalks at best. They were and still are heavy as all get out. I don't know if it was that it was so cold and the outsides froze and sealed the moisture in or what,but the darned things fermented like I've never seen before. I dropped one in about 3 o'clock or so,just went out to check things before dark and they've already just about eaten the whole thing. The old gals were standing there with big soft wet stalks hanging out their mouths chewing on them like it was candy. I'll probably never be able to replicate the same conditions to make bales like that again,but I sure do love it when things turn out way better than expected.
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