[Jacob-list] Alfalfa Hay

[Abigail Brown]

Ouch!!!

If I had to pay that much for hay(We pay 8-12 dollars
a bale for alfalfa, alfalfa that was over $25) I
wouldn't have sheep. 

I get a grass/alfalfa mix for $2 a bale. I climb into
his loft and haul it myself. Straw is $1.50 a bale.

Abigail Brown
Shiloh Farms
Petersburg, IN 
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--- Cathy Robinson <perfectspot at blueridge.net> wrote:
> When we lived in SC, when I had just a few sheep, I
> used to drive to a
> place that sold several varieties of "imported" (to
> SC) hays...coming
> from New York, Nevada, Canada, etc, along with the
> local variety.  One
> time,  I remember thinking LONG and HARD on a huge,
> BEAUTIFUL
> bale of alfalfa that was over $25!  I did  splurge,
> and it lasted weeks
> and weeks when added to the
> grass hay we normally fed...the sheep loved it and
> the bunnies got a
> treat now and then too!  My
> husband grew up on a farm years (and years!)
> ago....he was not amused!
> 
> Cathy
> Perfect Spot Farm
> 
> 
> Kathryn Shirley wrote:
> 
> > We pay 8-12 dollars a bale for alfalfa. 
> Ocasionally, I will see
> > alfalfa for 5-6 dollars a bale, but it is not as
> high a quality and
> > the bales are very light (50 pounds).  It is
> cheaper to either
> > supplement with soy bean meal or use
> protein/energy blocks.
> >
> > Kate Shirley
> > Humbug Farm
> >
> 
> 
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