Posted by BillM (OH) on June 17, 2014 at 21:58:31 from (173.81.87.223):
In Reply to: Re: nice hay! posted by Bruce (VA) on June 16, 2014 at 12:37:42:
I grew up on a dairy farm Bruce - we started with loose hay, a dump rake and pitchforks - put it in the mow with a horse fork pulled by the horses - when the horses wore out, we got a 2N, side rake and a hayloader - still loose hay, but did have a motor driven hay hoist to pull the horse fork load up and back with the trip rope - last method before I left, was an AC round baler with an 8n and then an 861 (not the thousand pounders that you see today) - put in the mow with a motor driven loader and stacked with hay hooks. We did not have AC electricity until the REA came through in 1948. Ran the milkers before that with a DC Delco driven by a 5 horse FM one lunger. Not sure they were the "good old days."
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