The use of the hayrack: at first, it was used for storing grain,
and later, for storing fodder. Today, due to the introduction of cheaper
technology, it is only a remnant of former times, a reminder of the
Slovenian national heritage.
The hayrack is a typical functional device: it can be simple or
elaborate. The former is used for drying, the latter for storing.
The Slovenian peasants respected the hayrack for it provided food
for men and livestock. But the hayrack has never been only functional.
The structure itself has often reflected outstanding artistic qualities
of construction: its form and its wooden panelling (including the complete
brana and its details, decorative vertical supports, the entrance,
as well as the wooden panelling of the gable and the fence of the
loading platform).
