Mustard Seeds: Seeking Out the Heavy Bales
24.05.12
We have purchased a lot of alfalfa hay from our friend Rudy Avila in El Paso. We go back to him for two reasons: one, he is a trusted friend, and two; we know we will get a quality product at a good price.
Rudy doesn’t sell hay to the big guys. You can’t just pull onto his place with an eighteen wheeler and load up. He prefers to help the little guys for which we are very grateful. He prides himself on selling large, heavy bales of hay at the same price that others get for lighter, smaller bales. Most of his bales weigh in at close to eighty pounds while others’ hay might weigh fifty pounds. The difference is how the baler is set. It can be set to make large compact bales or it can be set to make smaller, loosely packed bales and yet, when selling by the bale, they will generally bring the same price on the open market.
One year someone told a lady who had acquired a large number of sheep that she might consider buying hay from Rudy. “He will treat you right,” she was told. She had already tried someone else’s hay and when she went to Rudy’s place and hefted one of his bales, she shook her head and said there was something wrong.
Source: Blanco County News