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nce there was a hay meadow that lay fallow from November to February. Ten it was plowed. In March, new growth. In May, a stand of Johnson grass, tall above the ground, deep green that shines as if from an inner light.


ome late spring day, so warm that the tractor cab windows are tightly closed and the air conditioning


keeps the young driver cool while he listens to his favorite country playlist through his earphones … on that warm spring day, the stalks of green are harvested, cut to the ground. For several days, when hopefully no rain falls, the stalks fade from lively green to pale green to the color of straw.


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gain the tractor comes, pulling the baler. With its circular spinning tines, the dry grass is tightly wound into spiral


bales, tied and wrapped with plastic. Several more days of drying in the field. Ten the tractor returns, spears the huge bales, loads them on a long trailer which carries them to a place unsuitable for any other purpose. Te tractor liſts the bales into place, side by side. Tere they will stand until the livestock need supplemental food over the winter.


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