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Pittsburg, Kansas | I don't know when the first horse powered stationary presses came along. Someone on here probably knows. But stationary balers driven by one or two horses traveling in a circle were popular in this area. Stacks in a wet year had bad spoilage problems this far south so balers were adopted I think more quickly than more northern area.
https://www.farmcollector.com/implements/hay-press-zmhz12fzbea
Looks like late 1800's the portable ones like I knew about became popular. I think the one I poked wires for built 16x18 wire hand tied bales. Wish I knew the brand of it, but I was only about 6 atmthe time I helped put up some hay with one. I poked the wires through the wood blocks and the guy on the other side tied them.
John
Edited by John Burns 1/14/2018 08:23
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1920s
