Some 30-odd years ago we delivered baled alfalfa hay to an export hay cuber in Clarkston, Washington.

I remember a conversation from about 30 years ago concerning Fairfield, Idaho, hay.

The topic was which hay growers had and used hay rakes and which did not.

Now how did that go? “For the want of a nail, a shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe, a horse was lost; for the want of a horse, a rider was lost; for the want of a rider, a message was lost; for the want of a message, a battle was lost; for the want of a battle, a war was lost; for the want of a war, a nation was lost; all for the want of a horseshoe nail.”