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Secrets of Haymaking

A Book by Terence O'Hara

Developed by Terence J and FE O'Hara, the Secrets of Haymaking includes new farming techniques and experimental ideas with a collection of simple and innovative machinery designs.

The book is a mixture of ideas of how to make hay that will improve your haymaking results in quality, to create easier selling with extra income from all classes of hay.

Listed below are the topics covered in the book.

Page Contents

4      History in learning with argumentative family

5       Quality is the aim

6       Problem List

7       Sayings of farmers to activate thinking

8       Routine in cutting

8       Time to cut

9       Beat the Bleach

11     Routine in Rainy Weather

12     Study Internet weather

13     Time of Day to Cut

15     New Mulch Hay Ideas

16     Flat Cutting

18     Hay Raking

19     Fluff Up Raking

20     One & Half Size Windrows

20     Wind Damaged Windrows

21     Stopping Wind Damage

22     Windrow Direction Raking

23     Heavy Dew Color Saving Windrows

23     Wet Windrows

24     Secrets Raking Very Wet Hay

25     Slow Flip Raking

27     Chippy – Chippy - Hay --- Beat over Dry Making

29     Over Dry Windrows

30     Frosty Winter Hay Making

31     Hay Baler Operating

31     Weight of Bale

35     Baling with Keeping Quality

 

36     Teach & Trade Report

37     Storage of Hay

39     Marketing Hay

42     Healthy Lucerne Plant

43     The Haymaking Burkill's

49     Allen Newton Molasses on Hay as cheaper drought food

50     Contract Haymaking

51     Aquaculture Yabby Hay.

52     Oaten Hay.

55     Propagation Hay

56     Liver seed Grass

57     Prairie Grass Seed

58     Trefoil Clover Seed

59     Johnson Grass

60     Health Problems as a Haymaker

64     Hay Failure Stress

65     Hassett Family

67     Paul Hassett's Quality Improvements

71     Oaten Hay Recipe

72      People to Thank

75      New ways to grow Vegetables with Mulch Lucerne Hay.

79      Cocktail Lucerne Seed Sowings

80      Out of Season Seed Sowing --- Germinate with Rain at Correct Temp

85       Different experiments in notes of interest to Farmers.

90      Allen Newton's -- History of the start of Irrigation & Lucerne Growing that coincided with Dairy Industry in the Hunter Valley .

 

Devices, Innovated Designs & Inventions, Working ideas on Farms, Testing Improvements

26 Hay Turner, Turn windrow upside in mid-day, Turn wet hay the same.
33 Quad pod --- Weighing Hay Scale, A must for a learner
41 Electricity Leakage in Farm Transmission Lines, 36 years
41 Dome Filter, Suction Blockage at the Foot valve, Bacterial Iron Control
44 Biotal Buchneri for Haymakers. Optimizing the weather window of Opportunity
54 Round Bale Hay Sledge , Transport Round Bale around the Farm.
63 Face Cancer Protection Hood, A safe protection after treatment.
73 Simptech's Small Seeder , An attachment to Spreader to sow seed
76 Australasian Tyre 2 Tyre 2 Spare , Air Valve Connected too Spare
78 Seed Bed Leveler , Level Seed Bed soil out to sow, like a tennis court
79 Low PTO Drawbar Pin , Low handle on Drawbar, Removes easy.
80 Pressure Pump, Pipe Accumulator , Storage of high pressure in underground mains.
83 Strainer Stay Foot , for star iron posts, Simple electric fencing.
84 Stationary Gate , Access over any fence with ease, Portable cattle yard with high viewing point for two people, easy access from dangerous animal. Pump Mate, Simple repriming system as water pumps out, to restart with pump running, recycle pipe to care for the mechanical seal.
85 Clock Drafting Stock Yards , Move cattle from one yard to any yard in an easy way, with two center gates in a circle yard with many circumference gates.
91 Para-wind-wheel, Sail Wind Mill , These are Energy Designs to be built at my Farm for sale as Engineering Drawing to be copied as Farm Energy.

Some comments from people who have read the book:

Very interesting! I read all the notes and wanted to keep them on hand for reference. DB
You've said the lot! T.D.
The most I've ever learned in one lesson. T.M.
The best book I've ever read. A.B.
It's nice to read a second opinion in what I've taught myself over a lifetime as a haymaker and be right. S.B.


The book is available either in hard copy, on CD or email. To order your copy, click here.