Automatic Pick-Up Baler, circa 1943
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This tractor-drawn baler changed the way farmers made hay. Before pick-up balers, farmers hauled hay to the stationary baler. This baler went to the hayfield where it picked up cured grass, pressed it into rectangular bales, and automatically tied the compressed grasses into a hay bale. Farmers could pick up and move these bales, and they had a higher market value as fresh hay.
This tractor-drawn baler changed the way farmers made hay. Before pick-up balers, farmers hauled hay to the stationary baler. This baler went to the hayfield where it picked up cured grass, pressed it into rectangular bales, and automatically tied the compressed grasses into a hay bale. Farmers could pick up and move these bales, and they had a higher market value as fresh hay.
Artifact
Baler (Agricultural equipment)
Date Made
circa 1943
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Agriculture
Object ID
78.18.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Sperry-New Holland Company.
Material
Metal
Color
Red
Yellow
Dimensions
Width: 116 in
Length: 264 in
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