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SW Saskatchewan | Is probably the hardest job on the farm for horses. The load isn't heavy but for the sickle to move rapidly and for the cutter bar to be "lively" and windrow the hay with the swath board, the horses have to be traveling faster than a comfortable gait.
This was the reason the JD No.5 mower was so popular, even a little one row tractor (or a big wheatland model, if that was all that was available) could amble along at a nice hay sickling speed. And do it for hour after hour without breaking a sweat those horse killing days in July. Mules could take, but they knew when to quit. | |
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Horse drawn or gas powered hay baler?
