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Description: When forage is sufficiently dry, it may be compacted into small square bales (images 1 - 6) bound with twine. The weight of these bales may vary from 30 to 80 pounds depending on the moisture content and the size and density of bales. A baler typically is pulled and powered by a tractor. Sometimes the bales are loaded directly on to a trailing wagon where they are stacked manually (images 1 - 3). Bales from the full wagon may be off loaded manually on to an elevator for stacking. In other conditions, bales are dropped on the ground (images 4 - 6) and collected with an automated bale wagon that can deposit the bales in stacks (images 7 -10), a system used out of doors mostly in more arid areas. Some balers are equipped with a 'kicker' that throws the bales into an enclosed wagon trailing the baler (images 11 - 13). These bales usually must be off loaded on to an elevator to be stacked by hand or dropped into large storage bins, in either case usually under cover. The equipment in these images typified that in commercial use in the US in 2005.

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