At 11:04 AM 4/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Hay making was a beautiful thing and then came bales and
baling machines (ugly and somewhat labor-intensive).
Modern methods of making big rolls of hay which lay about
fields for a while have made haying beautiful again. When
I see haying, my shutter finger gets itchy (my nose too).
Hay making might have been a beautiful thing, but it was darned hard work
and took a large crew of men. The bales and baling machines allow one man
to put up the hay. I don't call that particularly labor intensive. Just
requires expensive equipment as do the big rolls of hay. I intend to try
to get up to Dufur, Oregon in August for the threshing bee. The do all
that is possible the old fashioned way, with horses. Should be quite a
photo session. Hot and dusty though. I, also remember getting the chaff
down my neck.
Paul in Portland OR
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