Hay Press Barn at Theibauld Homestead, Vevay, Ind.

At the 2024 Hay Day at the Theibauld Homestead near Vevay , Ind., the Switzerland County Historical Society demonstrated the hay press barn that was used almost 200 years ago to create large hay bales that were then taken down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the Gulf of Mexico and then sailed up the eastern seaboard where they were used to feed the thousands of draft animals used in the cities.
We'll have a full episode on our Rural Heritage on RFD-TV episode in September but for now, here's a little rough footage from today's shoot.

[@dammitbobby283]

We had a neighbor about two miles away that had a barn so big, it had 3 hay lofts and one hay loft was used as a full basketball court. We played basketball in the winter up there in the early 1980s. The lighting was bad and shadows everywhere would mess with your eyes. Good times.

[@sheilam4964]

Love seeing this done. Thx.

[@kentcostello5286]

I love the video. I seen one in a old grain barn here in Illinois whe I was a kid. I thought it as an elevator but my dad told me what it was . It didn't have any of the ropes on it anymore. It was about 50 years ago.

[@davidwhite3899]

That is massively amazing. I love it, and there at the end, they tied off the bale. That is exactly what I do when I don't use the entire bale of hay. I tie it off exactly the same way.

[@user-ei7mn7of5j]

Cool never see something like this. 👍👍

[@snipe757]

That's so cool. Such a simple, effective means of baling hay.

[@jeffharper7579]

👍 neat!!! I have never seen anything like this before even in some Amish guys I knew. I like this, it's basically the same as a cardboard baler only much older.

[@bernardengelman74]

As an architecture student I documented a similar hay press that was on a farm in Henry County, KY. Great to see a functioning example!!

[@robert5109]

Wow!! That is amazing, Thanks for sharing.

[@windymeadowsoxteam7783]

Wow that is awesome!

[@rickdunn7585]

So the first hay baler cool funny how things start out

[@yankdoodlediesel2574]

I grew up in Vevay Ind , and we put up hay loose and had threshing every summer

[@warehousemobsquad5922]

Bald dude has never held a pitchfork before

[@leoscheibelhut940]

Fantastic information! I wonder if the bio-processed water is just H2O or whether it has sap juices such as sugars like maple sap.

[@ShortsProcess]

Very nice video.

[@ryanbeard1119]

A literal Bailey. HILAROUS. before Sauron s corporate collectivist age....

[@Kitri-qp4qt]

I like vidio you💪💪💪

[@larryg.9187]

So, overheard when they finally finished, was the phrase : Now, that's the last straw ! 😖 😜 🤓 😁

[@tommyhunter1817]

I wouldn’t be able to breathe for a month.