I seen the Star brand of haying equipment in use at a agri fair in Georgia awile back. I went there specifically to see the mini haying equipment, as it would fit my needs or desires, but I would have to remortgage my house just to buy a rake, cutter and baler. Those small square and round bales sure are nice though, especially after seeing all the large round and then those humongous square bales they use in this area. I have some fine grass in my fields, but the way they are fenced off and such they are too small for anyone with conventional haying equipment to want to fool with, and with the amount of clear and clean pine straw my trees generate and the price a bale of pine straw sells for around here as common as it is and easy to get if you want to rake it, it just may pay to make a venture in this area.
I remember a as a kid on my grandfathers farm, picking up small round bales of hay. They were about the size of a galvanized wash tub bound in wire, looked like a big cinamon roll. Can't remember the name or type baler it was he had back then though, probably came over on the Mayflower!