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Re: [RC] Coastal Hay - Beth Gunn

Heidi,
Right!  I wish they were big bales.  Feedstore guy said they were 100#ers.
Not true.  3 string and easy to move square bales.  I live coastal SC and
this hay is from NY, I was told.  When can I expect a shipment?  How is my
credit?:))
Beth Gunn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heidi Smith" <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Beth Gunn" <happyhoofprints@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <Cowgirgoof@xxxxxxx>;
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Coastal Hay





I, too, have added grassy timothy and alfalfa(only a bit), to diet.
Continue to feed 50% cb hay as well.  The timothy is $35 a bale!!!  Just

try

to fill your barn with that!!


Whether or not that is expensive depends on the size of the bale.  I think
our hay in this area is cheap--it's going for around $80 a ton.  Last year
it averaged $110 a ton, which is still pretty good.  In many urban areas,
you'll pay well over $200 a ton.  The big bales that we free-feed average
1800 lbs apiece, so cost twice what your timothy bales cost--and I

consider

them to be a bargain at an average of $72 a bale.  If your timothy bales
average 900 lbs, I'd say they're a bargain.  Now, if you're talking
two-string bales that you can pick up and carry around, I'd agree they're
exhorbitant.  (And I want to know where you live, because I could hire a
semi and haul grass hay to your area, and make out like a bandit, even on
the other side of the country!)   But without knowing their weight, one
can't compare prices....

Heidi


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Replies
Re: [RC] Coastal Hay, Cowgirgoof
Re: [RC] Coastal Hay, Beth Gunn
Re: [RC] Coastal Hay, Heidi Smith