Hay Delivery

Our winter is turning into one to remember!

The organic hay delivery was made by Carl H. to Ike's farm in west central, Indiana. The following observations were told to Tom who then told them to me. You recall that we've had significant snowfall in recent days. Driving the big semi full of the big hay bales got tricky at Issac's (or Ike for short) house. The roads and lane to his house are designed for horses and buggies, not semi tractor trucks. Further hampering his progress were the big piles of snow.

The hay is stored in the barn loft. A neighbor's skidsteer was used to transport the hay bales from the truck to the hay loft. Once in there, they simply break up the hay bales and send it down the chute to the hungry cows. Apparently the cows love the hay. There was one tractor (with steel wheels) on the farm, but it was used to pump manure from the lagoon.

The phone was in its own little building (3' X 3') located 100 yards away from everything. It had a little stool and a ledge for the phone and answering machine. Ike's wife was hanging up the clothes (in the cold, snowy weather) to dry. The clothes line was a cable with a pulley that attached to the peak of the barn and to the house. She'd hang a few clothes, pull the line and the clothes worked their way slowly to the peak of the barn.

Ike looks to be about 40 according to Carl, the driver. Incidentally, Ike called Tom this morning at 6:45 to schedule the delivery of the remaining hay.