TT, sent me this. The William H. Gridley barn is one of only two barns in the State of Kentucky known to have a Mormon Beater Hay Press. Larry showed it to me when I was there. I thought it might be a tobacco press. Since my visit, it has been studied and published. Publication by Christopher Baas and Darrin L. Rubino. Here is an abstract:
This article describes Mormon beater hay press barns located in Gallatin and Henry County, Kentucky, and the use of tree-ring growth patterns to date their construction. Beginning in the early decades of the nineteenth century, Mid-Ohio River farmers took part in a commercial agriculture system where timothy hay was produced, baled, and exported to feed horses in East Coast cities. In 1843 Samuel Hewitt of Allensville, Indiana invented the Mormon beater hay press to improve the efficiency of baling hay. This three-story tall, animal powered machine was housed in an architectural barn type designed with specific spaces for storing, curing, and pressing hay. Northern Kentucky farmers William H. Gridley and Frank D. Pollard were participants in this system, and each constructed a beater hay press and barn. The goals of this paper are to describe the two markedly different vernacular structures, use tree-ring data to establish their dates of construction, and to place the hay press barns in the broader context of a regional culture of commercially exporting hay. This study establishes construction dates for the two Kentucky barns, concludes that they display the character-defining features typical of the vernacular building type, and explains how they also display their own distinct characteristics.
This article describes Mormon beater hay press barns located in Gallatin and Henry County, Kentucky, and the use of tree-ring growth patterns to date their construction. Beginning in the early decades of the nineteenth century, Mid-Ohio River farmers took part in a commercial agriculture system where timothy hay was produced, baled, and exported to feed horses in East Coast cities. In 1843 Samuel Hewitt of Allensville, Indiana invented the Mormon beater hay press to improve the efficiency of baling hay. This three-story tall, animal powered machine was housed in an architectural barn type designed with specific spaces for storing, curing, and pressing hay. Northern Kentucky farmers William H. Gridley and Frank D. Pollard were participants in this system, and each constructed a beater hay press and barn. The goals of this paper are to describe the two markedly different vernacular structures, use tree-ring data to establish their dates of construction, and to place the hay press barns in the broader context of a regional culture of commercially exporting hay. This study establishes construction dates for the two Kentucky barns, concludes that they display the character-defining features typical of the vernacular building type, and explains how they also display their own distinct characteristics.
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