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| 769.1 | Canadian hay in NH | NBC::BUNTROCK | | Fri Nov 04 1988 10:37 | 8 |
| Hi .... I live in Webster NH (about 10 miles from the contoocook
plant). I get my hay from Brattles farm in Bradford. All of the
hay is Canadian ... it appears to be of very good quality. The major
difference being that the bales are about 2 and a half time larger
than the local hay. The price is just about the same ..... but
the price don't go up in the middle of February and the local price
always seem to.
Paul Buntrock
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| 769.3 | HAY CONTENT | EMASA2::NICKERSON | | Tue Nov 08 1988 12:09 | 15 |
| The hay we receive from Canada is the content that we request...mostly
timothy with some red top and a little alphalfa (?spelling). We
can also get this out of New York State. Much of the hay grown
locally consist of a great deal of orchard grass and is not
specifically grown for hay and thus the content that you want or
so we have found.
As far as acquiring it goes we go through a dealer and get it at
approximately $115/ton with bales ranging from 50 to 60 pounds.
The size of our load, an entire truck, is about 13 tons. However,
this can be split with a couple of folks if you wish.
If you wish to know more, please give me a call or mail...223-2025
or Asabet::nickerson.
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| 769.4 | Canadian hay Questions | CSCMA::SMITH | | Fri May 10 1996 10:54 | 21 |
| This note is very old but I hate to start a new one. I've been
interested in trying some canadian hay because I felt I would save
about half my hay costs and get more consistant hay.
I've heard mostly good things, but I do know of one woman who bought a
whole load that turned out to be moldy and she was stuck with it. I'm
also afraid my current hay source will disappear if I don't use him for
a year, his quality is fairly good, I just want to cut the costs if I
can.
Has anyone tried buying a truckload and splitting it?
Did you save money?
was the quality good as you'd hoped?
Any specific recommendations on who to buy through?
Would anyone be interested in doing it with me (I'm in Hubbardston,
MA)?
Thanks,
Sharon
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| 769.5 | | MTWASH::COBURN | Plan B Farm | Fri May 10 1996 12:45 | 16 |
| I've used Canadian a few times, when local was hard to get and poor
quality. I got it at a local distributer. I don't know where
Hubbardston Mass is, so I can't even begin to suggest a distributor
for you.
was it good quality? yes, excellent, although richer in alfalfa than
I really wanted.
did I save money? absolutely not. though the bales were a little
larger than local, the price was 3 times a high.
Obviously, your mileage will vary, but I found it to be not worth
it.
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| 769.6 | | CSCMA::SMITH | | Fri May 10 1996 13:09 | 14 |
| I wasn't thinking of buying a few bales from a local distributor, I was
thinking more about the ads you see for a truckload direct from Canada
in the pedlar or the Equine Journal.
The amount is usually twice or three times what I would use for the year.
I don't remember the prices exactly, but I remember it was like half
the cost I was paying (and I only pay 2.25-2.50 a bale)
I've understood you have to have the truck unloaded in a short time,
or you get charged a lot. I have a large storage area but I'd have to
split the load with one or two other people. I wouldn't want to try
it unless I knew someone else who had been doing it and could recommend
their distributor.
Thanks,
Sharon
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