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  • From: "Hook Family" <guldann AT ix.netcom.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: small haying equipment
  • Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:07:44 -0700



I helped my father hay, same way, hand rake the hay into row, can't say I
liked the job I can still feel the hay stuck to my hot 10 year old person,
horse drawn rake behind an old ford tractor(I learned to drive it when I was
about 10) wish we had that tractor now. My father then stacked it into one
haystack from which we feed our sheep. But as I recall the haystack lasted
well keeped the hay nice and edible. Beth

> When I was a kid, quite a few years ago, thank you, I helped my dad make
> haystacks and you could do this too. We mowed the hay, used an old
> horse-drawn rake behind the Farmall Cub to make windrows (I think that's
> what they're called). Then we hooked up a skid thing to the Cub and went
> around and picked up the hay with forks. Then we made a haystack. We
> made the base, then as the stack got higher, it got more and more narrow
> and the top was rounded off. Probably could put a tarp over the top and
> anchor it into the ground with ropes. The stack was wonderful for sliding
> down too.
>
> Marie in Missouri
>
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