Growing up, most of our pastures had herds of cattle or a small band of horses on them. But one small pasture, close to home, was occupied by old steel and antique iron. To me, it was an imaginary ...

Discover the origins of hay baling, the first hay presses of the 1850s, and the innovators who transformed agriculture with early ...

A farm hand loading baled hay onto a truck, ca. 1944. Distributing hay on a trailer, ca. 1980. A hay loading frame, ca. 1979. Baling hay in Brookeville, Maryland, ca ...

When I sold our horses two years ago, our family took a break from baling straw. For the next few years the baler sat idle because we no longer needed it for bedding. But earlier this summer when I ...