Spare… What was your first thought? Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Much of the Central Valley of California drew its population from Dust Bowl migrants in the 1930s. These Okies and Arkies stayed and now many of them thrive harvesting crops like hay and alfalfa. The amount of food produced Elderwood, a community of about 120 people and thousands of acres of crops, groves, orchards, and cattle ranches, feed us and give us plenty to spare.
After a season of record-setting rainfall, the cattle will have enough feed to spare.
Neat stacks ready for storage will soon be picked up and transported to a more permanent location.
The stacker did not waste a spare moment moving these mountains of golden bales. Watch how it is done!
Loading finished, this hay bale machine loader, unloads at Hay Mountain and returns to fetch a new load before dark. He has about an hour to spare.
For more pictures and thoughts on the word spare click here.