Baling is hard, dusty work. And that was very good pay for it back thenIn 1968 and 69 I worked for a farmer who custom baled. Two of the farms we baled had huge concrete stock tanks with goldfish. We would cool off in those tanks and chase goldfish. Each member of the crew got paid 2 cents per bale. One time we did 1500 bales. $30 for a days work was good pay. I would later clear $80 for a 40-hour week in a factory.