Abstract: A mowing machine has a cutter bar which is a plurality of drive housings and intermediate members between the drive housing held firmly together in compressing by a tie rod in tension. Each drive housing has a cutting unit which includes a rotatable disc and blades. At least some discs (for example the outermost two) have on their upper sides engaging members for engaging cut crop to convey the crop to the rear. The engaging members of outermost cutting unit are provided on a body which extends upwardly to where it is spaced above the cutting unit while the adjacent cutting unit has its engaging members closer to the disc. The machine is constructed so that it can be folded and partially dismantled for packing in a container of limited dimensions without it being unduly difficult to assemble for the purpose of providing an operable machine.