You mean more like .05 cents a bale, and sometimes 3 cents and that was 3-5 cents stacked in the hay barn and not just picked up out of the field.
I used to do this in the summer, for extra cash after my Dad and I we were done getting the winter firewood supply. (about 12 split cords)
I was a happy boy when Dad built a wood splitter, because it took me weeks to split that much wood working on it every day after school with a splitting maul and wedges.
I was even happier when he bought me my first chain saw at 13, because before that it was my job to clear the limbs with a double headed axe while he cut rounds.
Try giving a 13 year old a chainsaw for his birthday these days. :D