Baling wire

It is also used in many non-agricultural applications such as banding together corrugated cardboard, paper, textiles, aluminum and other materials that are processed in the recycling industry.

[citation needed] In the United States, Australia, and around the world, baling wire was used in mechanical hay balers pulled behind a tractor.

[1] When the hay was fed to livestock the wire was cut and often hung in bundles or stored in barrels or metal drums around the farm.

Farmers used the soft wire for temporary repairs of a wide variety of objects on the farm, such as fences, leather horse harnesses, head stalls and bridles, or as pins to keep castellated nuts in place on the tractor.

It is frequently referred to as one of the basic repair materials[citation needed] Typical uses include supporting loose mufflers and patching chain-link fences.