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Vocabulary:

Bale: A large bundle of raw or finished material bound tightly together with cord, and sometimes wrapped; examples: a bale of hay or a bale of cotton

Baler: A machine that bales hay

Hay: A grass that has been cut, dried and stored for animal feed

Livestock: Useful animals raised or kept on a farm

Mower: A machine used to cut grass

Native: The place where something came into being, or a person was born. (I was born in Iowa, so I am a native Iowan.  Alfalfa is native to central Asia; that is where it was first found to be growing.)

Windrow: A long line of cut hay laid out in the sun to dry

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