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12-31-2022, 10:08 AM
Due to a death in the family I never had time to deal with the hay and water sample package on the few days I was actually home on the farm. I glanced at the emails and always said I'd do them next week. I've now decided to unprocrastinate this issue!
But in trying to figure out exactly what to do with the kit they sent, I'm finding bits and pieces about the procedure in various emails and I still dont have the big picture. I can see why there hasn't been a 100% rate of participants getting this done and my theory involves confusion, too many emails spread out, and of course, ancient alien astronauts... I have some questions:
The water seems straight forward, so no issues.
#1
But I have half a dozen hay envelopes. Do they want one of the baled hay I use, one of the pasture (its snow covered now so kinda not going to happen till spring). Or do they want some at various times of the year, or various cuttings?
#2
I'm gathering that they want 1/2 lb of hay in the bag. Fine. But they show someone drilling with an auger, the likes of which nobody is going to have laying around. Do I need to do it that way, or should I just grab a handfull from a few bales as I feed and add it to the bag? If I need a giant auger, where can I get one? (link?)
#3
Is hay gathered from a crop circle acceptable for the study, and could it be that aliens only mutilate cows or should goat owners worry?
But in trying to figure out exactly what to do with the kit they sent, I'm finding bits and pieces about the procedure in various emails and I still dont have the big picture. I can see why there hasn't been a 100% rate of participants getting this done and my theory involves confusion, too many emails spread out, and of course, ancient alien astronauts... I have some questions:
The water seems straight forward, so no issues.
#1
But I have half a dozen hay envelopes. Do they want one of the baled hay I use, one of the pasture (its snow covered now so kinda not going to happen till spring). Or do they want some at various times of the year, or various cuttings?
#2
I'm gathering that they want 1/2 lb of hay in the bag. Fine. But they show someone drilling with an auger, the likes of which nobody is going to have laying around. Do I need to do it that way, or should I just grab a handfull from a few bales as I feed and add it to the bag? If I need a giant auger, where can I get one? (link?)
#3
Is hay gathered from a crop circle acceptable for the study, and could it be that aliens only mutilate cows or should goat owners worry?
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