Abstract: Baling apparatus including a support portion including a carriage section with a base section, a pair of upstanding sections and a hitch section; a forage pickup portion including a generally cylindrical rake rotatably disposed below the base section on a transverse horizontal shaft; a bale forming portion including a substantially rectangular chamber pivotally connected between the upstanding sections, a bale compressor slidably disposed transversely within the chamber and movably supported at each of its corners, pairs of arm members extending longitudinally of the base section in opposite directions from the chamber adjacent the lower end thereof, a pair of the arm members remote from the hitch section being pivotally connected to the chamber, a supporting member extending between the free ends of each pair of arm members, a pair of spaced drums rotatably disposed transversely of the base section above the forage pickup portion, a plurality of closely spaced flexible longitudinal strips extending between e