Double Gloster
Silage has been replacing haymaking on British farms since WW2, becoming the main form of conserving grass to produce feed for the overwintering of cattle. That is not to say that haymaking has disappeared, but silage has, without doubt, become the most common method and the one used on the largest dairy farms in particular.
The methods and machinery used to produce silage has changed quite a bit over the decades, from originally being collected by buck rakes and green crop loaders, to feeder wagons and most recently by big bales.
By digging into the archives, the story of silage harvesting past and present reveals not only the machinery and techniques
