The large round bales are efficient for machines to pick up and move around.
The smaller square bales are efficient for people to pick up and move around.
Large round bales represent an industrial-agricultural energy source trade
between petrochemical and human flesh. Having thrown a few bales on a few hot
days I can assure you that there is a great incentive to mechanize. Barns are
designed and built to accomodate the materials and process contained within
them. I suspect the Amish will not be going with the large round bales. The
Shakers are somewhat missing in action.

Nadine H Wright wrote:

> <Plus, even Haystack Calhoun couldn't throw those things around.
>
> Ruth,
>     I think you are right on about the rolled hay.  The rounds look like
> there is many times the amount of hay in them than in the old square
> ones.  The rounds sit out in the fields wrapped up like a Dolly Madison
> cinnamon bun.  Perhaps the Amish round barns are better designed for the
> round bales (or are those Shaker barns,  I'm showing my memory glitches).
>
> Nadine