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SW Saskatchewan | A big ranch nearby used a Haybuster stacker for years in the 60's and 70's to stack wild hay. had several hundred acres of flooded hay meadows and used every method known for making hay but ain't never been no balers on that ranch- all that commotion and cost ain't goin' to make no one no money!
And being Scots from the land of the Blue Nose and the Cod, they know all about making and keeping money.
Relaced by two hesston stackhands that are still going strong.
For all the posters from Dakota territory, have you ever seen or heard of the above mentioned New Way Stacker? Featured in the Fargo, ND, extension bulletin 245, December, 1930.
Seemed to be a homemade affair that farmers made in their shop and used to make a header barge grain stack that was later threshed. Same design as haybuster stacker but far smaller- 7' diameter and only 6' tall stacks.
Dated from early 20's frpm Jamestown area, also mentions the Graham-Roach machine from Carrington, made about 1910.
"Skinny" Hanson from the Yellow Grass area south of Regina brought a swather made in ND about 1910 to a museum in Sask a few years back. Wonder if any of these other systems are still in fence corners in the land of Hostfest.
PS- I remember well the AC roto-baler, also a wild hay machine. Put up prairie wool in the little bales that you could throw with a pitch-fork and stack a few for hard winters- leave rest in fields for cows to graze after they had eaten all the grass they could get through snow .
Some traders from Missouri came through in late 60's and bought them all up-used them for same idea in the show-me state. Have two we inherited when we bought an old sheep ranch in the 80's, make a nice memory piece. | |
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Early Hay Stackers and Round Balers
