Hay

Hay is dried grass (and pasture flowers) used to feed domestic animals

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at places or times where there is not enough (fresh) grass or when fresh grass by itself is too rich in some qualities for easy digestion by the animal. It is normally produced at the end of the flush of the season after allowing excess pasture paddocks to grow until just before the grasses flower. The pasture is mowed and allowed to dry in the sun for two or three days. Drying can be hastened by "tedding" with a machine. When dry the hay is gathered, possibly into bales (in the U.S., traditionally rectangular ones, though rolled bales or "rolls" have become common in the late 20th-century) by a baler, and put into a stack or under shelter for storage until needed.

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Grass: In popular language grass means a short, green, ground covering or lawn, usually, but not necessarily comprised of a "true grass" or grasses, called turf. See also pasture, grassland.In botany, grass refers to plants of the Family Poaceae. These are the true grasses.Plants with "grass" in their name...

Flower: :For the Second World War corvette class, see (s)....

Pasture: Pasture is land with lush herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for cattle and sheep. It is still used extensively, particularly for free range and organic farmi...

Hay related Images and Photos (experimental)

Will Hay	Hay Bales Tuscany	The Hay Market St. Petersburg	The Hay Harvest 1869
Girl Raking Hay	The Hay Square in St. Petersburg c.1840	"Woman Driving Hay Wagon " August 14 1943	Baling Hay Near Prosser WA Circa 1914
Making Hay in July While the Sun Shines	Hay Bales in a Field in Front of a Mountain	Turning the Hay	A Girl Harvesting Hay