MOUNT VERNON — Fire destroyed a hay barn, thousands of bales of hay, cords of wood and a bucket loader early Wednesday at the Raydic Farm at 1799 North Road, which is located off Route 41 ...

So, if you worked with loose hay or know somebody who did, here’s your chance to cash in on that experience. Simply tell us which way the McCormick hay loader pictured above traveled. Was it pulled ...

The particular hay loader the farmers use at Slate Run dates from the early 1900s, but it has similarities to ones used in the 1880s. It is a formidable looking piece of machinery consisting of spikes ...

The dump rake would gather the cured hay into small piles that were then forked onto a wagon and hauled to the barn. To get the loose hay into the barn mow, a new invention, the hay fork, was used.