I learned something new today. I learned that there is a difference between bales of hay and bales of straw. All you farmers from the Midwest probably think I'm such a dumb a$$.
Anyway, for those of you who don't know the difference, straw is not a food source, but hay is. The subject came up when I saw a bale of something at the edge of our yard. Our yard butts up against a farmers field. I asked Bob why a farmer would put a bale of straw close to our house. The cattle don't wander down the field that far. Bob told me that cows don't eat straw. I asked, "What do the eat?" He said, "Hay." "What's the difference between the two?" He proceeded to tell me that hay is a food source; straw is not. Straw is used to soak up pee and poop; hay is for feeding. "OH" "Magine that." Our rabbits ate straw. Then again, the rabbits ate our furniture too. :-/
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