Talk:Building Haycocks

Creation note
As may be gathered I'm new to WikiBooks. To an extent I shall be using this book as an attempt to gain experience and hone skills. It is in my opinion a viable book and I have sufficient skills to at least attempt it. In parallel my alternate account may be trying to bring together a WikiBook on Character Encodings which has time crush and will be importing many pages from wikipedia and where I may sometimes not wish to be trying something out for the first time. At this point I have a book structure in my sandbox. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (discuss • contribs) 04:03, 1 August 2020 (UTC)


 * My alternate account of Djm-leighpark has been retired; and DeirgeDel is the account I am now operating as my main account. Thankyou. DeirgeDel (discuss • contribs) 12:22, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

THIS IS A VIABLE SUBJECT
SO HOW THE HELL DO YOU DEVELOP A BOOK IN THIS UNWELCOMING ENVIRONMENT?

IS THIS STUPID SHAME TAGGING OR WHAT?

Djm-leighpark (discuss • contribs) 15:10, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

References etc

 * bordering on out of scope, and my first reaction is what are these guys placingat, it nevertheless shows interesting examples of dry hay handling with 3 (4?) prong forks. And to be fair english films often like to show hay being built directly onto carts for transport rather than left to season in the fields West of Ireland style.Djm-leighpark (discuss • contribs) 01:51, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I thought the Trim haymaking festival might have been a helpful site but the video shows everything but making hay.[]. Which reminds me there was a somewhat poor excuse for a haycock, an unraked handshaking if I recall, at the Tubber triangle for the festival in about 2017 and I think I took a photo and may have uploaded it to commons... need to whip over to commons to check.  I'll likely have some photos of kit from Sligo Folk park also.Djm-leighpark (discuss • contribs) 01:51, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
 * This is interesting, but it could be said how to move a haycock in 1970 not 1916! Source is Irish Farmers Journal so its reputable, though handshaking is a bit small, the & the hays not seasoned.  Noted here so its not lost (and maybe more stuff mining the links at https://www.farmersjournal.ie/tag/1916) youtube video VWbyPO1NaLc ... I hate youtube for cites but this is the Irish Farmers Journal magazine channel. Djm-leighpark (discuss • contribs) 16:40, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * has some thoughts about haymaking, also mentions 'side-delivery'. Note gathering hay to barn.  (If dry enough you can avoid haycocks).  Mentions mold, heating and combustion (as advised by my English G/Father from his experiences circa 01900 where an iron bar was used to detect critical overheating). Djm-leighpark (discuss • contribs) 22:28, 4 August 2020 (UTC)


 * d:Q116843705, Henry Stephens, 1844 Book of the farm, volume 1
 * d:Q116843716, Henry Stephens, 1844 Book of the farm, volume 2
 * d:Q116843717, Henry Stephens, 1844 Book of the farm, volume 3