The farmers also used the marsh grass for haying and pasturing animals. The bird is attracted to haying, mowing, and plowing operations. Early industry in the town included farming, cattle, fishing and salt marsh haying. The summer months are filled with haying, harvesting and short vacations. When haying, pikas harvest plants in a deliberate sequence, corresponding to their seasonal phenology. Later, haying would be done by horse-drawn implements such as mowers. Pikas start and then quit haying earlier in years following little snow and early spring. The pika feeds throughout the year while haying is limited to the summer months. Lawrence's first job for the Spade was operating an 8-foot Sulkey rake during Haying. Summer picnics were held in the period between summerfallowing and haying. During haying, territorial behavior increases. Haying behavior is more prominent at higher elevations. One of his most celebrated poems is "Emergency Haying". Laura's father, Pa, is haying.