| abstract |
An agricultural implement for conditioning a crop comprising a plurality of beaters mounted for rotation about a common axis, a cutter for cutting a crop, and mounting means for mounting the beaters and cutter, during a cutting operation, in cooperating relationship such that the beaters engage crop cut by said cutter before said cut crop falls to the ground, and condition said crop. The cutter may be a horizontal reciprocatory cutter mounted across the line of travel of the implement or may be a rotary drum, disc or the like. |