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Fig. 19. One short trip up and back 

 feeding task. Note the hay 



storage to feed alley depends on the 

 form of the hay and the location and 

 type of storage facilities. A number 

 of farmers are operating balers and 

 hay choppers in harvesting hay. Oth- 

 ers are exploring their use. While 

 these men may be giving considera- 

 tion to the harvesting phases of the 

 problem, the handling of the various 

 forms of hay in and out of storage 

 under the various storage situations 

 is very important and needs attention. 



Form of Hay 



Hay stored as loose long hay tends 

 to bind and is taken from the mow in 

 individual foi'kfuls. Once on a 

 smooth floor 60 pounds or more can 

 be pushed along rather easily be- 

 cause it holds together as a bunch. 

 Baled hay is throw^n from the mow 

 a bale at a time. It handles easily 

 and conveniently. Chopped hay can 

 be raked down hill from the top of 

 the mow. It can be made to "flow" 

 but does not handle efficiently with 

 the ordinary fork. It packs and 

 bridges over. Also it tends to fall 

 apart when forked and without spe- 



in the feed alley completes the grain 

 forks in place. 



cial tools it does not push along a 

 smooth floor very satisfactorily. Thus 

 each form handles differently and 

 each presents a special problem. 



Mow-feed Alley Patfern 



The many variations in location 

 and type of storage facilities present 

 a variety of problems in getting hay 

 to the feed floor. The amount of 

 physical work and the time required 

 are much greater where hay has to 

 be transported long distances. In 

 most of the old original barns a drive- 

 way extended through the full length 

 from end to end, eight feet or more 

 above the ground level. The hay was 

 stored in bents on one side along the 

 driveway. Cows were stanchioned in 

 one line on the opposite side with hay 

 stored overhead. In remodelling these 

 old barns, the cattle have usually 

 been moved to stanchions on the 

 ground level, leaving the upper part 

 of the barn available for hay storage. 



These remodelling jobs, together 

 with some new construction, have re- 

 sulted in about four patterns of rela- 



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