Which is it.......

[dads706]

Hay "mow" or hay "loft".  I've always said hay "mow" but people (farmers atleast) know what you are talking about either way.

Sort of like a "pop" in the mid-west (atleast around here) and a "soda" in the east.

[Lars (midessa)]

I heard both used, but generally the hay stacked on the barn floor was the ‘mow’, and hay stacked above the grainary was up in the ‘loft’.

[Lars (midessa)]

45 minutes ago, dads706 said:

Hay "mow" or hay "loft".  I've always said hay "mow" but people (farmers atleast) know what you are talking about either way.

Sort of like a "pop" in the mid-west (atleast around here) and a "soda" in the east.

Down here in Texas, everybody calls in ‘coke’, regardless of it’s actually Pepsi, Coca-Cola, or most often people are referring to Dr Pepper.

[Rainman]

I always mowed hay & straw bales in the Hay Mow!  

Dad helped grandad unload loads of loose hay in Hay Loft.

[New Englander]

It was common for New England folks to ask for a tonic, not soda or pop.

[New Englander]

To me hay goes in the loft.

[brewcrew]

We stacked our hay in the mow. To me, a loft has an open side.

[DT Fan]

Barn?

[bob_carr]

We referred to it as  "hay mow" (northern Indiana).

[John Rowehl]

We said; stack the hay in the loft.

To me, mowing hay happened in a field, not in a barn.

[JaredT]

It was and is always a mow here, Michigans thumb

[Lars (midessa)]

We pronounced it like Mao, but spelled it mow.

[Mark (EC,IN)]

I've heard both,  but here it was called the Hay Mow.

[Red_Man]

Loft here, will always be hay loft to me.

[Alan Dinan]

Always been loft here, but have heard mow, usually on here.

Just like headlands here, and turn rows in other areas. Also hillsides here and side hills elsewhere.

[IH Forever]

Always called a hay mow here. But as said pronounced maow, not moe.

Also called headlands @Alan Dinan, possibly end rows.

[Dirt_Floor_Poor]

We always called it the hay loft here. 

[dale560]

Upstairs in the barn is how it is referred to by us.

[lotsaIHCs]

The upstairs in our barn and all of our relatives' barns has always been called the hay loft in central ND.

[red2thebone sr]

Hay loft here in mid “MO”. 

[stronger800]

Mow here in NY.  Hard to find help anymore….I lost 30lbs this summer, in the Mow

….since most of you guys probably haven’t seen an idiot cube in a while 

[acem]

We put hay in the barn if it's on the ground floor or loft if its in the second floor. Very few old barns left round here with a loft.  Termites, ants, etc here are aggressive.

Down here it's all Coke.  'What kinda Coke do you want?  Got a 7up? How bout a Grapette?  Sure, that Coke will do'

 

[mikem]

2 hours ago, stronger800 said:

Mow here in NY.  Hard to find help anymore….I lost 30lbs this summer, in the Mow

….since most of you guys probably haven’t seen an idiot cube in a while 

Seeing those idiot blocks stacked in that van trailer brought a terrifying flashback of loading 100 lb. sacks of potatoes into a refrigerator car .

Three refrigerator cars in one afternoon, as a matter of fact. Stacked everybit as tight as the bales. All the way to the ceiling, too!

This happened in the middle of winter. Taters going from S. Dak., to Georgia. One car arrived in good shape, a second car was frozen solid, and the third car was NEVER found.

As Forrest Gump said, "IT HAPPENS". 😆

Mike

[MT Matt]

3 hours ago, stronger800 said:

….since most of you guys probably haven’t seen an idiot cube in a while 

I’m your huckleberry… 🤣🤣

[MacAR]

We say loft here in Arkansas. The only people who say mow are the transplants. 

End rows are called turn rows or headlands. I've heard both and it depends on the age of the person; seems older folks call them headlands. Maybe left over from the moldboard plow days? Folks my age seem to say turn row more. I use them both depending on what I'm talking about. 

We say side hills, or "sidlin' place" here. The latter if you're over 60 (or like me and raised by older folks). 

We also plow corn instead of cultivate it, and we pick corn and cut beans. I've heard people farther north of us call it shelling corn and picking beans. Local vernacular is interesting isn't it?

Mac