Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US) a tobacco pipe.

1921		DN V 114: hay-burner, n. [...] 2. A smoking-pipe.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).

2. (US) a smoker of marijuana.

1935		A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks n.p.: Hay burner, a mariahuana [sic] fiend.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).
1959		J.E. Schmidt Narcotics Lingo and Lore.