Scythes & Scything

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm AT bellsouth.net>]

On 5/31/2011 1:09 PM, Fay Cotton wrote:
> Hello Scythers,
> After some research, beginner that I am, I have still not found how to
>
>    1. build a frame to stack hay onto,
>    2. actually pile the hay onto it
>
> These steps seem to be skipped over, or I have not been able to really
> "get it"
> Please, can you let me know if there are videos or photos that can help me?
> Thanks ever so much!
>
> Fay Cotton
>
> http://www.facebook.com/fay.cotton
>
> 950 Chemin Delorme Farnham (Quebec)
>
> J2N 1R6
>
> Canada
>
> (450) 293-4705
>
> Courriel : fcotton AT videotron.ca <mailto:fcotton AT videotron.ca>

I am not too familir with this but have seen pictures of central support 
structures for haystacks that consist of single poles or poles with many 
short stubs of cut-off branches that assist in holding the stacked hay 
in place as you build the pile. Maybe multiple poles or a ladder-like 
structure would be in order. I would Google this for pictures, diagrams, 
drawings and the like. I would think that the type of hay you're working 
with might demand a specific pole system,
i.e. legume hay (lespedeza, clover, soy, alfalfa) or grass, long or 
short-bladed, Sudan grass, etc.