Arrangement for interconnecting a side delivery rake and a baler

An arrangement for performing simultaneous raking and baling of a crop distributed on a field, comprising:

• a baler adapted to be moved by a tractor over a first strip of said field, said baler including means, laterally displaced from a path traversed by the tractor during such movement, for picking up a windrow of said crop;
• a support member pivotally connected at one of its ends to the baler and projecting laterally of the direction of movement of the baler towards the opposite side of said strip from the tractor path;
• additional support means joined to said baler and said support member for maintaining the member from engaging the ground;
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• a windrow-forming side delivery rake secured to the other end of the support member and movable with the baler to pass over a second strip of said field, at least the major portion of said second strip extending laterally beyond the first strip on the opposite side thereof from said tractor path.