I should say so... remember those hay stackers, well. When I was growin' up in South Dakota the only other hay options were the little round bale Allis Chalmers balers or the small square bales -- IH, Deere and Massey Ferguson, etc.
Most farmers and ranchers in the western half of the state used the FarmHand stackers to build large haystacks as it was much faster to put up large volumes of hay vs the small bales.
The large haystacks could be moved to the edge of the field or closer to cattle wintering areas for later feeding. With the large haystacks you didn't need to worry about storage sheds and spoilage that would occur if you left the little bales out in the field too long.
The early models had wooden tines that were tipped on the ends with a steel cap. Later models had steel tines.
With today's fuel costs --- it might be more energy efficient to revert back to that older hay technology... Although, there was an awful lot of waste with the loose hay on the ground and the cattle and horses would trample as much or more than they would eat.
AKfish