MORE than 200 vintage machinery aficionados enjoyed what may become an annual hay demonstration day at Wagin farmer Peter Spurr's property, east of the town site recently.
Helped by members of the Vintage Tractor & Machinery Association of WA (Tracmach), visitors literally saw hay being made while the sun shone.
Among the star performers were a ground-drive HV McKay binder (two metre cut), a Sunshine Massey Harris (circa 1930s) binder, a McCormick Deering wire tire small square baler and a stationary Horwood Bagshaw hay press.
After the binders made a pass, the cut sheaves were stooked and made into a hay stack.
Other machinery included a Massey Harris sickle mower (circa 1930s), an Oliver 70 row crop tractor (circa 1940s) pulling an Oliver 50 small square baler, a 1956 514 Farmall tractor and a 1931 McCormick Deering wire tire binder.
A rare 1921 stationary engine function hay press also attracted the crowd as Tracmach members pitch-forked hay into the press while two others stood on opposite sides of the conveyor to tie-off the bales.
The newest baler in the working displays was a New Holland 317 (circa 1970s) while a McCormick Deering sickle mower attached to a 1931 McCormick Deering row crop tractor added to the action throughout the day.
There was an extensive range of vintage tractors and stationary engines on display.