Keeping ancient hay making tradition alive
The cantonal authorities in Uri, central Switzerland are trying to keep the tradition of hay making alive, because the hay not only provides winter fodder for livestock, but growing grass for hay in the high mountains encourages biodiversity and stops the pastures returning to forests. The canton organises an annual course for would-be haymakers. swissinfo joined the students on their adventure. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch 01.10.2009)
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Greatvway to loose weight
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Can anybody of u tell me the name of the sound track used in the beginning of the video?
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Very impressive using tools of another generation to get the job done in very difficult mountain terrain, no one out of shape and over weight in this village. That hey sliding down that cable piece of engineering speaks of determination of smart people to complete the harvest.
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Love this video!
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my 3 year old needs to see this least once a week! kewl!
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A zip line for hay, neat idea :)
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Are you for real ? Did you just discovered outside off city !
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Trust me, there is no danger in nature becoming "overgrown" We're bloody killing ourselves in our concrete nightmare. This sort of anti-life anti-nature dribble isn't surprising coming from a bald engineer.
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Nice video!!!!!
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now we just need a zip line from the yard to to building easy transport
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i love it !!!
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Naw, hay wire is used to bale hay. It comes in a loose coil and is very easy to get tangled up. That's why when something "goes hay wire" it means that it's all messed up.
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Nice! But wouldn't the grass need to dry a day or so in the sun first?
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That is some serious work! Serious Serious WORK!
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getting used to the moves is the problem. IT'S HARD WORK!!!
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This zip line system is impressive and I must say, kinda funny...!
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Impressive!
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aghtung! hay.
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I can tell you that the flies in the summer were bent on getting our hides and if his back is anything like mine now (I'm sixty) he popps a ton of advil to kill the pain.Long story short...it was't all fun and games but watching these clips it sure brings tears to my eyes...
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dought they had a cable loader 50 years ago or before but when I was ten my uncles helper (Knecht) would lay down a hefty rope , double up on it and tie a five hundred pound load (in hot wheather a large cotton cloth was added). Then we (me and another kid (summer chind) would help the "big ochs" to pull it to the so called "schneise" where the terrain was steep.Then the helper would glide down to the "gade" where the hay got stored for the goats or the cows...
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