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It is also known as 'haywire', from which several slang terms arose. The term 'haywire outfit' referred to a poorly equipped or slipshod job or factory, implying that the tools and equipment used have been repaired with haywire. The term 'to go haywire', meaning to go wrong or behave unpredictably,
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pulled behind a tractor. The automated balers used a wire twister that first cut then twisted the ends of the wire such that the bale kept its shape after the baler had pressed the hay into a tight rectangular bale. These hay balers were in common use until the late 1980s. When the hay was fed to
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