In a message dated 9/27/99 3:38:54 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

> We don't want to use real hay
>because it might attract insects. . .

Deep-freeze the hay for three weeks, or bake it at a couple hundred degrees
or so for long enough to sterilize it. Natural history museum collections and
conservators can help you with using real hay.

David Formanek
Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum
USS Constitution Museum

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