Inside it is a significant amount of alfalfa hay. Hay is any sort of plant that has been put into a mode that is useful for storage. This hay has been run through a piece of equipment called a baler. The baler compresses regular alfalfa into flat partitions. They can then be peeled off to be fed at a later time. This is an important industry here in Owyhee County because there are many stock animals that must be fed during the long winter months. There are also a number of dairy cows that my not have pastures at all that need hay all year long.
It's good feed, and unlike their wild cousins, a stock animal can continue to gain weight over the winter when eating good hay. As hay is so common and important out here, there will be more posts on it at a later date.
(The author is still sick. Hopefully we'll be back full sized posts soon.)
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