Ranch Wife's Slant

Tag: round bales

  • A Thing of Beauty

       photos by Amy Kirk  A lot of the pictures I take on our ranch are of our livestock, but this summer I’ve enjoyed seeing photo opportunities of our hay. As you can see we don’t have an abundance of these round bales sitting in our hayfield, but compared to last year hay crop these…

  • Our V.I.T. (Very Important Tool)

    I recently wrote a column about twine cutters. They are a necessary implement in the wintertime for feeding cows hay that comes in round bales. Since these bales are held together tightly with nylon twine, a sharp-edged tool is needed to cut the strings.  Most guys will just use a pocket knife. My husband likes…