I came to spend a few weeks in Indiana with my dad this summer and got suckered into bailing Hay. That is one dirty job. Whether it's catching the hay after it's been bailed or unloading the wagon into the barn, you're going to be pulling hay out of places you didn't even know you had for days. Not to mention trying to beat the rains, and unloading in a poorly ventilated barn on a hot and very humid day. At the end of the day, your everything aches, you are ichy from all the grass in the hay, you've been mauled by mosquitoes, and are completely green... from your hair to your socks... covered in hay. For a good expirernce, check out Hanlin Farms in Balbec, Indiana.
Your day starts whenever the hay has dried from the morning dew, maybe around noon. Then there are two groups. One stands on the wagon and catches the bails as they are spit out of the bailer, and stacks them on the back of the wagon. Once one is full, the wagon is driven to the barn where the other group unloads the wagon. The bailer never bailed evenly, so you get bails from 40 pounds to 80-85 pounds that you have to toss. You usually end up making a system with someone unloading, someone tossing to the first level, someone tossing to the second level, then someone stacking the bails. the tossers usually get covered the most, not to mention your forearms get cut up from all the hay. The farm can use all the help they can get, espically since the hay can't get rained on or it gets ruined. Thanks a bunch for reading my request... hope you choose us!