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handcut hay is a bit much for me but there are plenty of other products I prefer to source locally - coffee, beer, meats, non-chain local restaurants, bread, etc. So I can see someone trying to "sell" the local artisan angle on just about anything. The market will decide whether it lives or not.
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I only have one comment about this particular kerfuffle:
I bet you I could do 100 blind taste tests in a row, all on the same afternoon, and in one every single one I would still prefer the Chimay Blue Label over Budweiser - even on the 99th and 100th tests, when my ability to discern nectar from swill would presumably be significantly degraded. |
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they urinate in it, makes every one an artisanal experience.
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Those monks sure are talented pissers!
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Anyone know what the going rate for this type of hay is? Just wondering if the hand cut aspect of it adds significant cost.
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This is the hay in question. http://burlington.craigslist.org/grd/4553572049.html
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That's cheap around here, whatever the method of cutting and baling.
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Upper valley prices, as I'm sure the market in colorado vs the hay in question in nh aren't really comparable. Or maybe they are, I really have no idea! |
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At $150 a ton their hourly wage is probably well below minimum wage if they cut it by hand.
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Maybe someone made their kid cut it?
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I sadly only follow the hand cut hay market
I found this farm online. http://www.manninghillfarm.com/page04.html Quote:
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I sent the CL ad to my business partner, who also operates a small cattle ranch with his wife, just east of Seattle. His response to the ad...
"...not to mention Timothy hay baled sells for $22 a bale here, $30 per ton. What the F is someone going to do with a loose stack if it's not in the field with the cows? Sorry, I have short patience for silliness...they must have more time than sense." |
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this thread made me chuckle...being from Vermont I see alot of this...tourists come up here thinking they are going to find some rare old piece of furniture in some little shop for a pittance and worth a fortune...or hoping anyhow...and of course the shop owners I know are very wise to what they have and play off it to get more than the item is worth, they will play vermont dumb and get alot more than the thing is worth...and the made in vermont thing, while useful, gets outta hand...you could probably put out a box of "authentic vermont twigs" at a local farmers market and a folks would buy a few to take back to boston...
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Giant ad shows all their carbon frames , 'hand made', well, sure, kinda, at least not a machine but some guy getting $30 a month laying one small piece of carbon in a mold, again, and again, and again...
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