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Huron County has escaped most of the hail and bad weather
which hurt surrounding crops. Here Jack MacGregor of R.R. 5
Clinton is seen rubbing out some heads in a good stand
of Gennossee wheat on the farm of his brother Don near Clinton.
Combining had just got underway and Jack said it was running
out at 60 bushels to the acre.
This operation is a familiar sight, even this
late in July, owing to the late maturing hay
crop this season, which has put haying about
two weeks behind normal. Her e John Devries
of Sault Sfe. Marie unloads bales onto the
elevator at the farm of his brother-in-law.
Fritz Datema, assisted by Mr. Datema’s son
Ralph, Shortly after this photo was taken, the
wagon was moyed ahead and the back portion
of the bales was unloaded,
A Look At Haying
"Today and Yesterday"
Haying operations are far
behind schedule this year in
Huron county. Farmers along
county Highway 25, spoken to
by this reporter last week, said
the delay was caused by a back
ward spring season which hal
ted growth of the hay crops.
Once the weather comes to
promote rapid growth and cur
ing of their grasses and legumes
the modern farm operator has
the equipment to harvest
it quickly.
Few farmers use the loose
method of hauling and mowing
hay any more.
It is now baled, either in
round or square bales weighing
from 60 to 90 pounds which
are hauled to the barn by wagon
and tractor.
Up to a point, both systems
of haying are the same. In each
method, hay is cut by a trac
tor-drawn or power take off-
driven mower; after lying in
the swath for a day or more
to cure, it is raked into win
rows with . the side delivery
rake. ■ •
From there, the old-fas
hioned loose handling of hay
and todays method of baling it,
diverge. In the old days hay
was picked up with the hay
loader pulled behind the wagon
which in turn was pulled by
a tractor, or by a strong, pow
erful team of horses. They
were more often than not used
to pull the wagon and hay
loader.
Generally, the job of driving
the team or tractor fell to the
farmer’s wife or member of
his family. A ton or more of
hay could be carried on one
wagon if ft were a rubber tired
one, and the load was properly
built.
Once the hay was hauled to
the barn, it was pulled off by
means of the fork lift and track.
How many times do you see
this method of unloading hay
in operation today'?
The bundles of hay were pul
led up into the mow, with the
team of horses again provid.
ing the power. They were un.
hitched from the wagon and
taken out between the mow and
the load of hay, (often through
what 4^bm^|like an impossibly
narrow^ening) and were then
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hitched to the double-tree to
which was tied ihe heavy rope
of more than 200 feet in length
which was piled in a coil at
the base of the barn.
Haying by todays methods in
volve pulling the wagon behind
the baler. The baler also fol
lows the winrow of hay around
the field with this difference,
formerly, winrows were formed
running back and forth down the
field parallel to each other.
With the baling system in effect,
winrows are raked round and
round the field into a square
formation.
If enough help is available,
the baling, curing and storing
hay can be a fast operation.
Two men build the load of
bales on the wagon; one takes
them from the baler chute and
passes them on to the man
building the load behind.
More hay can be piled onto
a wagon because of the com
pressed and tightly shaped
bales. Consequently, the weight
of the loads are much heavier,
CROP REPORT
” The hay crop in Huron
County is . nearing completion
. with approximately 80% of the
crop in,” says D. G. Inglis,
Extension Assistant for Huron
County. L ;■
■Some-fall /wheatshas*.been,
* swathed'arid dsibbihgscombined.
4The^‘ m’ajbrity the .wheat
crop will be started within the
next week. Of the wheat crop
harvested to date, yields seem
to be down slightly. Yields in
several cases have been re-
ported at 40-45 bushels per
acre.
The corn and white bean crops
in the county are progressing
quite favourably, Some areas
are still set back due to the
large amounts of moisture.
Spring grains are • turning
very rapidly and in the south,
ern part of the county may be
ready to cut by next week.
Yields of spring grains look
as if they will be quite good.
Livestock in the County are
doing well due to the good sup
ply of pasture which should
last the summer.
Farmers Miss
demanding a stronger wagon,
and thick, heavy tires to carry
the stress and punishment of
travelling over fields with loads
of up to three tons.
Once the bales are hauled
to the barn, they are unloaded
in a much different manner
than the old fashioned method
of unloading lpose hay. Today,
the haying operation means us
ing a bale elevator, a piece
of farm equipment which ex
tends about thirty or forty
feet, and driven by electric
motor, draws the bales up on
bars that extend across the
chute, The bales are carried
Slooking hay bales is not such a tough job tractor is John Sanderson whose farm is located
if you can enjoy a ride while doing it. Pictured near Auburn. Haying operations in Huron county
here is Elmer Sanderson, piling bale; on the < have been delayed for nearly two weeks because I
plywood skid which is towed around the field Of a late maturing hay crop this season,
hitched to the rear of the .baler. Driving the
from • ground level to the upper
section of the barn, thirty feet
higher, with this system. In
the hay-loft, • one or two work
ers may be placing the bales
around the mow, while one per
son can usually keep the bales
moving steadily onto the el
evator from the wagon.
This was the situation at
the farm of Fritz Datema on
Huron county Highway 25 near
Auburn. John Devries of Sault
Ste. Marie, a brother-in-law
of Mr. Datema, was unload-
ing bales onto theielevator from
\the wagon. Assisting him at
this work, was Fritz Datema’s
son, Ralph.
John told this reporter that
he had misjudged his summer
visit to his brother in-law’s
farm this year.
Normally, the haying season
is all over when he takes" a
vacation from his office job
with the Ontario department of
Highways branch at Sault Ste.
Marie to spend a few days
down on the farm. This year
however, the weather played a
mean trick on him by delay
ing the hay ing season until late
July; For Fritz Datema, though
the arrival of his brother-in-
law must have seemed like an
act of Providence.
At the nearby farm of Jolm
Sanderson, situated on the south
side of Huron Highway 25, bal
ing was in progress. John was
driving a late-model tractor;
and baler outfit which was pres
sing out crisp, greenish blocks
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