Tamarack Hill Farm One of my absolute pet peeves! Baling twine should be cut and disposed of immediately when opening a hay bale. Too dangerous to leave laying around. That being said it is the absolute “duct tape” of the horse world and can be used for a million tasks! 😀😀😀😀 ... See more
One sure way to tell the difference between real horse people and those who are just riders is their familiarity with hay bales and baling twine.
Real horse people tend to carry a little jacknife to cut the strings. They cut the strings near the two knots, so the string slides easily out from under the bale, not allowing the knots to snag in the hay. If they are going to handle lots of bales, most will throw on a pair of gloves.
(Baling twine, along with duct tape, is used in place of nails in all sorts of emergency repairs---)
Real horse people are careful to dispose of the strings, and they never just throw out the hay in piles with the strings still snarled in the hay.
A sure sign of a sloppy barn or farm is old hay string trodden down into the mud in the fields. Horses can eat the string, and get in big trouble.
They used to just use sisal or jute bale string, but now most that we get seems to be some sort of poly material, usually orange.
It's knowing or not knowing about little things like these that splits off the true horse people from the wannabes. ... See more
