There were a couple of fellows that still had the balers with the engines, when I was a kid. I remember seeing them working in the field, but I was too small to be involved. Dont know what brand they were.
A lot of farmers here have gone to wrapping their round bales. You can sure put it up fast like that, and it's good quality feed. We cut some wheat for hay, and really cranked the rollers down on the haybine so as to crimp it as much as possible. Still took 4 days of laying there in the sun before it was ready to bale. Have a neighbor who cuts a lot of wheat for hay, and he cuts, bales, and wraps his in 2 days time.
When I lived in Ms., there was a fellow that used a machine that cut the hay and crushed it. I think they called the machine a conditioner, but I'm not sure. He would cut a field and bale it the next day. Always wrapped his bales and injected them.
