Sice this can be an indicator of time in other cases, cut over could also mean mowing with a tractor pulling a "bushhog" which is like a riding lawn mower but much, much larger with huge blades. It can cut small trees so it would be able to cut bones. It would make quite a noise and throw bones everywhere when it ran over it. In the case of hay, the hay is cut by the the same or similar method, then left for a few days before baling. Most likely someone would notice the bones after the grass was cut. If the hay is baled in the large, round bales, a machine then rolls the grass up in sheets and anything mixed in with the hay would get incorporated into the bale. With small square bales hay is swept in, compressed and then the machine attaches wire or twine to hold together. Bones could get picked up with either. They are big, thrashing, dangerous pieces of equipment. My dad once baled one of my Bantum hens that had a nest in the hay field. He noticed after he ran over her. The eggs were just starting to hatch and I raised her little chickens. (off topic) sorry.
Very happy this family got closure and were able to lay their relative to rest. Very sad that he was so unhappy that he took his life and lay out in the elements like that.
