Abstract: A grass catcher for receiving grass clippings and leaves from a rotary deck mower towed by a tractor. A fan driven by the mower forces the clippings through a flexible hose leading to a large capacity hopper. The hopper is mounted on a carriage having a single wheel. A parallel arm linkage permits the hopper to float up and down independently of the mower. When the rope is pulled from the tractor seat, the hopper is dumped to unload its contents. A rear door on the hopper is automatically opened when the hopper is dumped and is closed when the hopper is returned to its running position by pulling on another rope from the tractor seat.

Abstract: A harvesting attachment for use in combination with a combine is particularly adapted for harvesting row-crops, such as beans and the like, and is adapted for mounting a plurality of same in spaced apart relation across the forward portion of a combine trough to accomodate the row spacing. The attachment is arranged for driving from the combine and includes a sickle bar mounted on a leading side of a lower portion of a housing and an endless conveyor extending from adjacent the sickel bar to adjacent a trailing side of the housing for moving vegetation into a forward portion of the combine. The row-crop harvesting attachment includes a reel mounted on the housing and positioned above and forwardly of the sickle bar and including a plurality of circumferentially spaced pick-up tines engageable with vegetation for moving same toward the sickle bar.