Abstract: Hay and forages, these days, are often mown, conditioned, and tedded. A disc mower with strap-type protrusions or fingers extending radially outward from the shaft turning the discs and extending upward from the cutting knives several inches will provide each of these three actions at once.

Abstract: Hay and forages, these days, are often mown, conditioned, and tedded. A disc mower with strap-type protrusions or fingers extending radially outward from the shaft turning the discs and extending upward from the cutting knives several inches will provide each of these three actions at once.

Abstract: A harvesting machine with a main frame, a harvesting header having a first end and a second end and a suspension system operatively attached to the main frame for supporting the harvesting header from above, the harvesting header having a lowered position and a raised position. A suspension frame has a rocker arm operatively pivotally attached thereto along a first substantially horizontal axis, the rocker arm having an upper position and a lowermost position. A first link is operatively pivotally attached to the suspension frame along a second substantially horizontal axis and is operatively pivotally attached to the harvesting header at the other end thereof. A second link is operatively pivotally attached to the main frame along a third substantially horizontal axis and is operatively pivotally attached to the harvesting header at a fourth substantially horizontal axis, the second link being disposed substantially always parallel to the first link.