Haystack
In the early days fodder to get the stock through the winter was usually hay. The whole process was done by hand in the earliest days later a horse draw hay rake like the one shown was used. The hay then was place by hand into stacks around a pole to help keep it from blowing away. By pressing the hay down as they started and latter by the weight of the hay, it would become fairly waterproof. This took a certain skill by the stackers. The hay would cure by the heat generated by the release of moisture in the hay and compression. A fence was then place around the stack to keep the stock out until it was time for them to feed on it….Image was taken on The Mountain Farm Museum, GSMNP. The barn seen is the Enloe-Floyd Barn, and is of the Shotgun style
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Daniel J. McCa...
Great lines & tones! Well captured, Gary!!
saseoche
Lovely excellent tone and definitly my fav….
TRussotto
Such a beautiful image!
Tim Denny
Another nice piece of work Gary, you live in a perfect area for these kind of shots, good job
photosbylefty
gorgeous, and love the sepia treatment
Susan Bergstrom
Love this…still tapping my foot waiting on the book!!!
Seth Weaver
A beautiful capture of classic Appalachia.
wdphotografics
well recorded Gary…........great shot
jadeast
Gary, I was raise when this technology was still in widespread use but the post in the middle is foriegn to me and seems to create more problems than it solves. I guess it need to research the logic behind the pole, we never had hay blow off the stack and our stacks were gigantic compared to this one. The only ones that were round like this, were grain crops in temporary stacks waiting for the thrasher to arrive. I can remember harvests when “cradles” were still in use!
Charlene Aycoc...
I love the tone to all these. Just perfect as usual
Lisa G. Putman
Awesome work, Gary! So, beautiful. Thanks for the information, too.
CanDuCreations
Awesome work!
PhotosEcosse
Conjures up olden times, beautiful work !