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Swather
A swather, or windrower, is a farm implement that cuts hay or small
grain crops and forms them into a windrow. "Swather" is
predominantly the North American term for these machines. In
Australia and other parts of the world, they are called "windrowers".
A swather may be self propelled via an internal combustion engine, or
may be drawn by a tractor and powered through a power take-off shaft.
A swather uses a sickle bar (see mower) to cut the stems of the crop. A
reel helps the cut crop fall neatly onto a canvas or auger conveyor
which moves it and deposits it into a windrow, with all stems oriented
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in the same direction. As combines replaced threshing machines, the
swather was needed to replace the binder.

Swathing (windrowing) is more common in the northern United States

and Canada. This is because the curing time for grain crops is reduced
by cutting the plant stems. In regions with longer growing seasons,
grain crops are usually left standing and harvested directly by
combines.
The Swather is the mascot of sports teams at Hesston High School in
Hesston, Kansas. Windrower, MacDon M200 with R80

New Holland Haybine H8040 self propelled

windrower

Massey Ferguson 9635 windrower

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Swather  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=419946957  Contributors: Alupus, Bdk, Chris Chittleborough, CommonsDelinker, Epbr123, G®iffen, Ike9898, Kowloonese,
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File:Swather.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Swather.jpg  License: Public Domain  Contributors: Owacle
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 Contributors: Kowloonese

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