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| Rolls of hay in Oregon |
The picture shows another way to keep the vegetation intact. A large roll is easy to move out towards the center of the field. The animals gather around to feed during the winter. It was fun to see the Oregon hay being gathered into large rolls instead of traditional bales.
I was delighted to find out I'm not the only one fascinated by haystacks and bundles. I was glancing through Wikimedia Commons and found some other examples of ways to keep hay.
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| Agriculture in Britain during World War I |
I wasn't in Britain during World War I (Gosh, I wasn't even alive!). Photographic records show members of the Women's Land Army Forage Corps weighing hay
bales on a British farm during that time. It's easier to win a war when the troops are fed.
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| Bales near Balgownie UK (wmc trish steel) |
The red on these rolls is from netting used to hold it all together. It is all lined up neatly on this farm near Balgownie.
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| Baggerton Farm in Forfar UK (Alan Morrison wmc) |
Rolls and more rolls of hay for the animals on Baggerton Farm in Forfar.
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| Armenia haystack (russavia wmc) |
Creative architecture adds appeal to this haystack in Armenia. It's really interesting to see how the small cloud looks like a puff of smoke from the stack.
If you look closely, you'll see the swirls that indicate how the hay is rolled together. It's convenient to load a flatbed and truck it out to where it's needed.
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| FEMA arranged for this truck of hay to be delivered to hungry cows in Texas. |
We have some short travel plans coming up in a month or so. I need to think of a theme for blog pictures in addition to my tendency to take pictures of just about anything. Do you have a suggestion to help me out?
Happy Traveling!
I don't know what it is about hay bales, but I love photographs and paintings of them. They just have this look that is so wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThis was neat, thanks for the info and photos. Yes, I take many, many photos and some of those are of the hay out in the fields as we pass along, or on the back of trucks, loaded down, going down the roadway...Maybe I will make a photo display of Hay!
ReplyDeleteWe bale a lot of hay every year for all our farm animals. We do a mix of round and square bales.
ReplyDeleteWe have a farm nearby, and I love to see his hay bales scattered across his property.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing a lot of these in Michigan. A lot of the farmland where I live now is used for tobacco.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I"ve ever seen hay stacked quiet like that picture. I live in the country so we have our fair share of hay rolls.
ReplyDeleteFunny story - every time my husband sees a truck or trailer carrying hay, he screams HAY and scares everyone and anyone who is riding in the car with him. It is something his dad used to do to him and he insists on making sure it lives on.
ReplyDeleteThis is neat to see. Sometimes I forget that there is even that much free land that isn't filled with buildings and pavement. It's quite sad.
ReplyDeleteGreat information. Hubby just put up 180 round bales at his sis's farm.
ReplyDeleteThese are some great images. We see hay bales all the time and I knew so little about them.
ReplyDeleteThat Armenian haystack with the smoke is so cute! What fun architecture to it.
ReplyDeleteI've always loved to see hay bales! It's not very often we have a bit of the country here in Florida
ReplyDeleteI love rolling through the country looking at the hay bales. My daughter always thought they were large rolls of toilet paper when she was 2 lol.
ReplyDeleteThis is really great information and images. Thanks for sharing these! I love the pictures of the hay bales.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! When I lived in Oklahoma, this was a site to see everywhere once you got out of the city. Where I live now, which is farmland, I get to see this just going for groceries.
ReplyDeleteYou know what's funny? I rarely see anything like all the haystacks. It's fun to see them because it makes me feel like I'm on a road trip.
ReplyDeleteHay! This is really interesting. (See what I did there? ) lol.
ReplyDeleteI've never given hay mich thought but I really liked the pictures of the different ways itnis stored.
Oh I can come up with a million themes for your travels! Food is always a good theme if you are ever in need of a concept...food + travel always goes together.
ReplyDeleteI have always been curious how they kept the Hay together. I love driving by a farm and seeing all the bails of hay lined up.
ReplyDeleteThat haystack in Armenia looks really cool! I haven't thought much about hay and how it's stored.
ReplyDeleteGrowing up in a rural area, you'd think I'd know why some are square and some are round, but I have no idea! I always wondered, actually.
ReplyDeleteVery neat! I'm interested in agriculture myself. It's always been a topic that amazes me.
ReplyDeleteI live in dairy farm country in Wisconsin. We have hay everywhere....my favorite way to stack is when they stack the hay bails very high like a pyramid. Not very many farmers do that anymore here mostly round pails...some farmers are moving towards very very large square bails - that must be something new.
ReplyDeleteI have always loved seeing bales of hay and animals when I have been traveling.It really is cool to see the different haystacks and they are put together.
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