The Entire Process of Making Hay with Horses!! Mowing Hay, Raking, Round Baling, and Hauling Bales
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- We are making hay for haylage today with the horses and we will show you the entire process!! We start by mowing hay with the Percherons, raking the hay with the Belgians, then our neighbor Owen comes with his tractor for round baling the hay and our daughter Abby comes to help with hauling the bales and then we wrap the haylage bales! Hope you enjoy watching the process!
Watch our videos to learn about draft horses- horse logging, horses farming, and horse training! Jim uses Belgian, Percheron, and Suffolk horses to do work on the farm and in the woods. He teaches about harnesses, horse-drawn logging and farming equipment, horse feeding and maintenance, and voice commands for horses. New videos uploaded every week. Keep watching to see how Jim trains his new Suffolk Punch colts as he has trained his full-grown teams!
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Abby's whistling, " Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what beautiful day"
right!
From Oklahoma!
Hi Jim and Brenda,you should be very proud of Abby she is such a wonderful caring and loving person and a pleasure to watch her working xxxxx
You have two beautiful daughters who seem to enjoy helping dad.
Jim, horse farming is impressive the way you do it and the fact that your whole family helps is even more impressive. Not many farmers get their women to participate the way your girls do.
Those girls of yours will make fine wives for some lucky farmers - on day !! Not yet !!
like the sound of the horses and the sickle mower and the view of the clover fall after the sickle bar - wish we had smell-o-vision. hanks for the video
Those horses are simply amazing workers
My Dad impressed me with his skillful use of his Remington bolt action .222. Would never miss woodchucks or muskrats. With the scope he could reach out 250 - 300 yards. We would drive around to freshly hayed fields on Sunday afternoons.
Nice stand of clover,didn't get much wind the last few weeks. Woodchucks, 13 year old with a new 22. Giant marshmallows in the field.
Who ever gets that pretty lady hauling hay will get a gold nugget . Rob.
Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day. Everting is turning up roses, everything is going my way!
Right!
I can't stop watching your videos.... You definitely bring back memories from the old country.... God bless you!
Thanks for watching!
Oh what a beautiful morning, but then only us oldies know that ! I am sure the horses appreciated the interlude. thanks for another great upload.
Oh what a beautiful morning we sang that song in school🥰
Nothing beats the smell of new mown hay.
So nice to see such Green hay! With the old fashion mower, it dries so much quicker!🙌🏼 The first time I saw round bales done in the wrap out in the field years ago, I thought it looked like a field of “ marshmallows”🤠🇨🇦
haha, yes
The girls need to compose a “wrap” song! Great to see everyone helping out!
haha!
Good video love to see the horses they look liike they enjoy it its nice to see a daughter helping her father and enjoy ing it god bless jim you have a nice faimly.
Love this video, with everyone pitching in. And as another person commented, I also wish we had smell-a-vision. Abby, your driving skills are admirable. I'm still praying for Earl.
Oh What a beautiful morning..Oh what a beautiful Day..I've got a glorious feeling..EVERYTHNG is going my way!
I am glad that you have grown hay to bail for winter feed.
Always a pleasure to see the horses in the field... and getting the hay in... is a plus. Nothin' smells like fresh hay. Beautiful day for it.
Back in the sixties I live trapped a bunch of em that were around our farm buildings and relocated them to a large wooded area next to a river. I thought for sure they would like it there. But they decided to move several hundred yards to where one of my friends grandpa lived. My friend said his grandpa was so mad when the woodchucks dug holes all over his pristine property. We never told his grandpa where the woodchucks came from.
Funny story!
haha!
I've just have to say what a pleasure it is for me watching y'all cut and work the hay with a beautiful team of horses. I'm 67 and grew up seeing it done this way quite often until the draft horses were eventually phased out and automated equipment hit the fields. It's pure joy seeing you do this the "old fashioned" way still. I realize it's hard work, but it's a joy watching. Thank you for holding on to using draft horses (and beautiful ones at that) for farming. And thank you too for filming so we can watch!👍🥰 p.s. Those freshcut fields look so good, just wish I could smell it!!!!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoy it!
My beagle, Bridgette took care of the groundhog in my dad's pasture.
Good job done .The clover should make good feed.Nice to have good help.Especially with a good Whistler.F or the wood chucks a good dog is handy.
Its a very good feeling when the job is finish!
22 long rifle. Woodchucks come out in the morning from 7-9 am, around noon and from 3PM to 5. I have trapped them with leg gripping traps. If you can't get close to within 75 yards for a 22, you may need to move up to a 243 or 22-250 from 300 yards. You're lucky one of your horses didn't break a leg. We don't have a lot of woodchucks like there were 60 years ago. The coyotes keep they pretty well cleaned out.
I am happy to see someone working the old way and you have some nice ol guys pulling that cycle . Rob.
This was a great video Jim keep them coming stay safe and God bless
Thanks Jerry
your girls are special . you should keep them. thanks.
We will!
O what a beautiful morning, from Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!”, 1955.
When I was a kid in the early sixties I remember a neighbour mowing with a pair of horses and a three foot six mower.( Australia).
If oil prices keep rising, these critters are going to be some of the only horsepower left on the landscape soon. Good work crew 👍🤘🇺🇸
EVERYTHING IS GOING MY WAY, OH WHAT A WONDERFUL FEELING
What a beautiful morning .
Right!
A lot of activity going on there today. Never a dull moment.
Take a 220 conibear and set it, then lay it down directly over the hole so it has to go through the prongs to exit the hole. Stake it off to one side and come back and get your woodchuck in the morning. For us this is the most hassle free way to get woodchucks out of our fields. We have a different variety than you do, ours are called yellow bellied marmots but same genus (Marmota) and same issue with them digging up hay fields.
Morning Brenda and Abbey and Jim .
"Oh, What A Beautiful Morning" from "OKLAHOMA"!! So glad I found your channel - working horses are the BEST!!
Yes. Thanks for watching
oh what a beautiful morning
Great seeing your daughter out helping U
Very cool to see how the big marshmallow bales are made.
Learned something new today, Jim (How to bale (wrap hay) !!
Abby sure is a BIG help in your operation - no doubt trained by her very able father !!
Part of me always wants to see something with wooden wheels whenever I see horse drawn equipment.
O what a beautiful morning.. I think..
yes!
Incredible video, such simpler times.. This is the way I wished farming would stay..
First time seeing hay wrapped that way.
Good video. 👍
Boy i wish i had you for a neighbor and love the girls help out 🐎🐎👍
It's really nice to see father and daughter working together like that.
Great stand of clover. What kind of mix do you have in it?
Abby is whistling “O what a beautiful mornin*” from the musical Oklahoma.
Oh what a beautiful day
Great to see all the family involved and getting things done, excellent video as usual.
I've never wrapped round bales,I hope it goes well for you. My Dad farmed with horses, and mules . Enjoyed your video , Thanks 🐴
My Mom and I took a journey through Michigan's Thumb Region farm country, sadly going to yet another funeral home to pay respects to a relative - too many this past year 😢 But Mom enjoyed looking at the crops, reminding her of growing up on her dad's farm, and of her relatives' farms. She pointed out the hay and sugar beets, and I saw all this "yellow stuff" but I couldn't remember what it was, and neither could Mom. Lo and behold, come home to catch up on your video from yesterday, and there it was: Oats! I'll have to share this with her. What a funny coincidence 😆
Thanks for watching and sharing!
Whisper a prayer.
Everything's going my way
Right!
Great job another long day in the hay field!!! Thanks for the video.
Thanks for sharing family team work! Bailing is quiet a process and your glad when its all in and said abd done big weight off shoulders!!!
Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, I've got a wonderful feeling, everything's going my way. She's feeling good, and very happy.
That was my father's Sunday morning song, after the ritual sleep-in, to get us all out of bed, until I turned 12, found the riding school, and was working by 7.00 am.
Those Belgians are really good looking horses
I just found this channel and love what your doing with all the old school way of doing things.
Oh what a beautiful morning oh what a beautiful day
Exactly!
And she’s whistling Oh What a Bueatiful Morning from Oklahoma
I think she’s singing, My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean, My Bonnie Lies Over The Sea......
The horses are so much smoother and quicker. I love to see how relaxed they are working.
Love this channel! 💕
Welcome!
Lovely day!
That's some nice feed you folks put up.
We also tried gassing them with a truck. Get a hose over the muffler pipe ,put in hole , seal run truck.
This never seemed to work very well.
Coyotes and bombs work
back in the city now Jim. trying to catch up on your videos. a productive day indeed. nice detail of racking the hay.
Welcome back! Good to hear from you!
Abby is whistling "Hay Joe." :D
Nice video. I enjoy seeing your kids help on the farm. I don't understand why the wet clover hay doesn't go through a heat and spoil. Especially since it's wrapped up. You have a beautiful place and family. Those horses are really special. Thanks for sharing.
It gets fermented since the plastic keeps air from getting in-therefore it keeps well
Amazing me the Tender Heart You'll have working horses!!!💖
yes .
Good video. ,!!
ywp what will bass said pretty sure it was from Olahoma
May sound absolutely Bonkers but gummy bears is amazing for getting rid of them. They eat them, then they die.
Very nice looking hay . Thanks for sharing your videos
Always enjoy all your post
Back when I was 10, everything was done with horses. No bailing, loose hay put in the loft with a sling.
Absolutely one of my favorite vids so far..alot goin on and just love watching you work the farm! I rly need to start recording my own farm happenings lol
Old what a beautiful day
Very interesting video, Jim. I’ve seen most of that done except wrapping the round bales. I take it, that is another way of keeping silage, right? I always thought covering green hay would make it mildew or mold. Down in South Georgia our hay was peanut hay, after picking the peanuts, so it was pretty dry. Good to see Abby helping out, and working on her tan. Y’all take care and have a Blessed week. ❤️💙💚💜💗
The hay ferments when wrapped so it does not mold. Thanks for watching, yes we are glad to have some help!
Ferments into a black stinking mess that keeps for a long time and cattle love it, horses don't. Time was you'd dig a ditch and bury it, then come winter open it up a bit at a time for cattle to go in and feed. And yes, its called silage.
Beautiful animals you have
Excellent video , as always
thats the best way to deal with clover and it makes great cow feed. I've done around 500 rolls of balage so far mostly clover / grass mix for me i usually cut one day and roll the next, i dont have a moisture tester but it always seems to insile well
Do you sell a lot of hay to the neighbours or do you self consume ? Very interesting video, Jim !! Farm life is all HARD WORK, as I see it !! I'm a retired " "city boy" living in San Diego, CA. Formerly from Zimbabwe in Africa. We immigrated 42 years ago and are proud US citizens !! Thanks again for your VERY interesting videos. We feel like we know your family well !!
Wow I had never seen a wrapper before that was very cool. How big is your field and how many round bales do you get off of it?
for mister woodchuck Havahart trap then a 22 to the back of the head if you can,t relocate to a good spot
I was going to say it would take a month to dry that hay!! Well, maybe 4-5 days!! That is beautiful stuff! To trap a woodchuck, put the trap, not down the hole, but just a little bit down from the top of the hole, when they come out they are like swimming, feet first -Bam!
Thanks for suggestion
Hi hope abbys feeling lot better. Also I bet you u were to let those horses go they would be in a gallop pulling that wagon of hay. They trot pulling full load of logs. Have a great day everyone.
Always enjoy hay! What would would be neat, if people could hear pitman rod, sickle noise, tug chains jingling and horses sneezing and coughing .
Loved the video, thank you. I live in the U.K. and had to Google woodchuck as i hadn’t heard of them before - it also had some recipes …..perhaps you could just eat them!!🤣😂,
Beautiful.
Irish Spring soap shredded and placed around hostas keeps deer from eating them. Maybe would help with groundhogs.
So enjoyable to watch.
I use a box trap, a slice of cantaloupe and a .22 rifle to deal with problem Woodchucks. Wear rubber gloves when handling the bait and trap. They can call create a lot of problems when they decide to dig their tunnels under a building.
I have found that woodchucks usually have two holes. If lead is not a option, try hooking a flexible pipe to your exhaust pipe stick in one hole and plug up the other
Thanks for the suggestion
I all your videos working the fields with the horses, do you ever give them water out in field? I have seen them drinking in barn, is that the only time they drink or eat just in barn? As for ground hogs a 22 works great! Great video with good helpers, great to see family laboring together.👍👍👍 Didn't mention colts, how is Earl doing?
@Baba Ganush 😁
No, they usually just get watered in the barn, Earl is doing great
Can't come up with the name of the tune but I believe some of the words are "there's a bright golden haze in the meadow..."
Maybe the girls sing it all for the next video.
Nice to see your girls still helping you Jim, you don't see that around here, well rarely. Its seldom you see anyone younger than my age doing much of anything, which is sad. Is the wrapped clover going to be safe to feed the horses or just the cattle?
Every time you find a hole dump a box of mothballs down the hole! Narrow it down then you can either set traps to relocate or have a tasty meal! I've heard there good eating! Lol
My dad use to say We need to hustle.lol