From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 06/05/2013 09:37 AM, Jim Beard wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Thanks for the report.  Interesting the things that aren't as they used   
   > to be.  In the 1950s/1960s in Oklahoma, 30 bales to the ton was   
   > standard, and 70 pounds per bale ideal by my dad's standard.  Oh, that   
   > standard was short tons, not the metric ton.   
   >   
   55 pounds/bale works out to 36 bales/ton, so it's workable on a per bale   
   basis. We sell to a lot of suburbanites these days, and they don't like   
   heavy lifting unless in a gym, I guess. For a while the dealer we were   
   selling to by the ton was selling to a place that was reselling by the   
   bale, and they wanted smaller bales than even we made. Seems they found   
   it undesirable to charge more for our bales than those of others,   
   because customers balked before seeing what they were getting for their   
   money. We haven't had that problem since starting to sell directly to   
   the consumer. In fact, people are eager to buy our hay. This past year   
   we could have sold three barnsful if we'd had them, easy.   
      
   Interesting. My spell check doesn't think "barnsful" is a word. Probably   
   thinks the proper word is "barnfuls." Nope. Doesn't like that one,   
   either. Sheesh. City folk.   
      
   TJ   
      
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