A reel includes a plurality of bats and an end shield plate mounted onthe end of the reel at the crop divider which has a peripheral edge radiallyinward ofan outer tip of the fingers with an apex at each of the bats and portionswhich arerecessed from a straight line joining the apexes. Each of the endmost fingersof thebats has a base which is axially inside the end plate and is bentlongitudinally of thereel to define an outer tip which is axially spaced from the base to aposition beyondthe radial plane of the end plate. A plurality of molded paddle blades aremounted toproject outwardly from the end surface to clear crop away from the spacebetween theouter face of the end plate and the divider.
