Until the animal-drawn mowing machine with its reciprocating knives was perfected in the middle of the 19th century, the scythe was the basic tool for harvesting hay all around the world.

Harvesting hay has gone from a labor-intensive practice of using sickles and wooden forks to balers that compress hay into ...

Resulting haystacks were often massive structures, sometimes reaching heights of over 20 feet. Furthermore, they had a ...