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In 1931 we started cutting the day after we celebrated the 4th of July. There was no dew on the grass that morning and we were in the field by 7:30 with two mowers. The teams had not been working much and soon tired, but by 5:00 in the after noon we had finished. The next few days were hot and dry and by the third day the hay was dry enough to stack.
We need two men for the two hay sweeps and four horses. The stacker with one man and two horses, the hay is close to where the stack will be located so we will put two men on the stack. If we have five men, and six horses, the stack will be finished in one day.
This year the weather favored us, and in six weeks we had cut, raked, bunched and stacked over 200 ton of hay. This will be feed enough to get the 120 cows thru the winter and with enough to feed milk cows and the work horses. This year we will put 10 tons in the barn, in order to have enough hay on hand if we get a blizzard.
When haying was finished, we usually took a holiday, and went on a picnic by the river. I have never had more of a satisfied feeling of accomplishment, than that of getting thru a haying season without rain.
This stack is almost finished. The last sweep load is being pushed on the stacker. It is a full days work for 5 men and six horses. The man on the hay rake has finished raking and bunching the hay that will be stacked tomorrow.
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