Haymaking is an important farming activity in mountain villages which has become somewhat mechanized in recent years, although the slopes are so steep that usually scythes are necessary to cut the grass.
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Hay is harvested somewhat differently from grain; in modern haymaking, the machine that cuts the grass is called a hay mower or, if integrated with a cradles, followed by differing downstream steps.
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British Lt . Gen . Mike Jackson, head of peacekeeping forces, called it " a cowardly act of brutal and cold murder during the most peaceful of pastimes _ haymaking in a field ."
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One man could invest in a portable machine, and recoup the cost by hiring it out for haymaking and harvest; the only use for horses here was to move the machine from one place to another.
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There is mention of Harold Wilson, a boy who helped with the haymaking " four years since " during his school days, who Silas declares must be brought back to help again with the next season.
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Poems such as " Winter Evening ", " Haymaking " and " Wood Pictures in Summer " celebrate the beauty of the world and the certainties of rural life, where animals must be fed and crops harvested.
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Haymaking dates have moved forward in the past century due to faster crop growth, made possible by land drainage and the use of fertilisers, and the move from manual grass-cutting using scythes to mechanical mowers.
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"Mounts Adam and Eve _ Haymaking, " of 1882, an old-fashioned work for its time, is an example of his later mode, a graceful, harmonious picture, the colors cool and vivid.
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Each time of year had its activities : haymaking and threshing in summer; cider, chestnuts and corn in the autumn; in the evening : " frittons " and hemp work in winter, sheep shearing and Palm Sunday blessings in spring.
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This type of landscape occurred naturally in the Middle Ages, probably due to intensive grazing and repeated haymaking on the commons, combined with not bringing back the same amount of nutrients in the form of manure, as was taken away, according to a theory.
