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bale
They refused to feed their cattle baled hay for fear of disease.
Five bales from each site were split to obtain a random sample of c. 1 kg of hay from each bale for accurate weighing.
The 'north' microsite was located at the base of the north bale on its north side.
Both total costs per hectare and cost per bale were calculated.
I am to suppose myself a bale of rags.
It can therefore be difficult to achieve the straw moisture contents of less than 200 mg/g that are required prior to cutting and baling.
The teachers and pupils waited in the school courtyard to help the farmers unload several hundred bales of straw.
Since then, the programme has received financial bale-outs and has undergone a series of largely failed reform efforts.
The farms in question used their own standard, traditional methods of making and baling the hay.
They had also to prepare food for them and provide several hundred bales of straw.
The increased costs per bale were mainly due to lower yields in the organic system (see below).
Costs of production per bale were on average 37% higher for organic than for conventional cotton.
Oats would be harvested for grain and the straw baled; a single alfalfa harvest would be taken one month after oat harvest.
Other habitat includes edge of woodland, hedgerow, canal, willows, pond, and hay bales.
After the hay samples to be analysed for seed content were taken, the bales were split into c. 1 kg portions for feeding to heifers.
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