10. Your new high-tech baler’s alarm is going off but it’s unclear whether you’re out of twine, due for service or in the path of a tornado.
9. After getting mowed late and rained on several times, there may be more nutritional value in the net-wrap.
8. Remember that clacking sound the baler was making before you put it away last year? It’s louder now—a lot louder.
7. That talk radio guy has you so wound up that you mow/condition the hot wire keeping the cows out of the alfalfa.
6. The county agent said “the incident” was caused by increased metabolic activity of microorganisms—the rural fire department just said to be more careful next time.
5. Since you skipped the fertilizer, the bales are about a quarter-mile apart.
4. Having to mow around last year’s bales poses a challenge for the guy raking.
3. You’re depressed by the fact that the neighbor is baling the meadow across the road and his baler is bigger, shinier, faster and capable of making more than one round without repairs.
2. Judging by the bale trail, the kid you hired to haul-in never looks back.
1. Bees—lots of bees.
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June 9, 2009
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