On 12/7/13 18:07 : , Moose wrote:
> I thought I understood this stuff, at least broadly: hay is the whole plant,
> straw the stalks left after the grain is
> harvested. Alfalfa is always hay?
Yes. Alfalfa, Timothy, other grasses are hay. To the best of my
understanding, "Hay" is a complete thing, while "Straw" is mostly just
stalks and stems - in other words, filler.
> Hay is livestock feed, straw for lining stalls, protecting spectators,
> building houses, and so on. A quick web look
> shows this to be largely true in that straw has very limited use as feed.
Exactly.
> So why roll up straw? It sure looks like it would make it much less useful
> for most of the things I'd think it is useful
> for. Hay, sure, and the idea of holders for it in the field mentioned in this
> thread does sound good.
Ease of storage in situ in the field, I believe.
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