Changing technology - Earth.com

Technology also saw the end of corncribs, as the corn combine meant that they were no longer useful. Now barns featured massive drying areas that stored the kernels. Similarly, as hay bales became enclosed in plastic, hay barns became less necessary. And where they still existed, they changed, with the old systems of moving hay becoming automated. Photo Credit: Kirn Vintage Stock/Corbis via Getty Images

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