The venom of the black widow spider contains poisonous chemicals that make people sick. Black widows are found throughout the United States, mostly in the South and West. They are usually found in barns, sheds, stone walls, fences, woodpiles, porch furniture, and other outdoor structures.
Some types of grass hay, in dry weather conditions or on dry ground, will be much too dry when baled as small bales using the eight to 15 percent moisture (the traditional rule of thumb) as a guide. Some of this grass hay produces the best quality bales when baled at 24 to 30 percent moisture.
While dry hay normally has a smaller range of dry matter value, consider a 5% difference in dry matter for an 800-lb bale of hay. For a cow eating 20 lbs. of hay, there will be 5% less protein and 5% less energy in every bite she takes in the wetter bale. Finally, the whole bale is not feed, even when it is stored inside. Weathering of a bale uses up nearly all the energy and most of the protein in a bale.