Farmers work tirelessly throughout the spring and summer to grow, cut, and store hay to feed their livestock throughout the year. But how exactly is the hay created? Haymaking is a process – and it ...

Before huge machines pressed hay into 1-ton bales, it was stacked in the field and had to be moved by hand. And before horse-drawn mowers cut a field quickly, it had to be cut by hand with a scythe.

On Hay Day, which will be celebrated Aug. 4 near New Holland, volunteers will make hay the modern way and the old-fashioned ways, using hand tools, horse power and the earliest machines. This is why a ...