![]() Generally, a team of horses was used to raise a press weight, which was then dropped to compress the hay. Most of the earliest hay presses were stationary units built into a barn and extending two to three stories into the hayloft. ![]() That all changed in the mid-1800s, with invention of the first mechanical hay press. ![]() Moving the crop involved pitching it onto a wagon and pitching it back off at the destination. But until the mid-1800s, hay that was harvested for livestock was simply piled into stacks or moved into the barn for use during the winter. Just as ancient man came up with the idea for the wheel, it was probably only a matter of time until someone devised the idea of squeezing loose hay into a package that could by tied, handled and transported. The mechanical hay press made loose-hay transportation a thing of the past. That’s Agri View for today, I’m Everett Griner.įrom: Farm Collector History of the Hay Press It doesn’t claim the attention of the other crops, but it is just a crucial to successful harvest. Hay cutting, raking and bailing is big business. In fact, hay equipment is some of the most modern equipment on a farm today. But believe me, it isn’t stacked anymore. The reason I mentioned this is because growing and storing hay is one of the most important crops our farmers produce. It was part of the primitive system of preparing hay for winter storage. ![]() Well, everybody knows what we are talking about when we say “like looking for a needle in a hay stack.” Most people can’t tell you what a hay stack looks like though. Everett Griner talks about the importance, and changes, of hay farming in today’s Agri View. ![]()
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