The old unused slide still sits in the middle of one of the meadows reminding us of older simpler times. The hawlks use it to spy on the mice we disturb.
And then there is this vintage baler. It is belt driven, set next to a stack of loose hay, and the hay is forked into the baler. Some one hand ties the bales from each side of the baler. We believe this was brought into the country the winter of 1949 when hay was sold and needed to be hauled to other parts of the country during that bad storm.
I've been mowing and baling both. The John Deere pulling the baler is state of the art. Push button gears...air conditioning...etc. It's far different from the above.
We'd been out of the hayfield for almost a week due to a break down of the stack liner, and then rain. After baling up what had been in the field all these days, we all went on a picnic up to Little Half Moon Lake.
The kids got in some fishing before supper of hotdogs and smores!
And then there is this vintage baler. It is belt driven, set next to a stack of loose hay, and the hay is forked into the baler. Some one hand ties the bales from each side of the baler. We believe this was brought into the country the winter of 1949 when hay was sold and needed to be hauled to other parts of the country during that bad storm.
I've been mowing and baling both. The John Deere pulling the baler is state of the art. Push button gears...air conditioning...etc. It's far different from the above.
We'd been out of the hayfield for almost a week due to a break down of the stack liner, and then rain. After baling up what had been in the field all these days, we all went on a picnic up to Little Half Moon Lake.
The kids got in some fishing before supper of hotdogs and smores!
