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Swather
A swather is a farm implement that cuts hay or small grain crops and forms them into a windrow. 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 which moves it and deposits it into a windrow, with all stems oriented in the same direction. As combines replaced threshing machines, the swather was needed to replace the binder.
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