PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stem/leaf harvester capable of efficiently harvesting stems and leaves without damaging a cultivated field by preventing the uprooting of stems and leaves of crops disposed in an adjacent ridge.SOLUTION: The stem/leaf harvester equipped with a harvesting member disposed on its front and constituted of a grass divider (37) for guiding and scooping up the stems and leaves of crops from its bottom position out of a harvesting ridge, right and left raising devices (42) each equipped with a revolving lug mechanism (40) for raising the scooped-up stems and leaves from right and left, a mower (51) for receiving and mowing the raised stems and leaves, right and left sleighs (36) for adjustably holding the right and left raising devices (42) at a predetermined height from the cultivated field so that the harvester can harvest stems and leaves while traveling over the harvesting ridge, is characterized in that at least one of the right and left raising devices (42) is equipped with a right or left auxiliary raising device (81) for raising stems and leaves at a position outside the right or left raising device (42).COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】隣接条の茎葉株を引き抜く事態を防止して圃場の荒れを招くことなく、能率よく茎葉の収穫作業をすることができる茎葉収穫機を提供する。【解決手段】茎葉収穫機は、収穫条の茎葉株の茎葉部をその下側位置からガイドして掬上げる分草体(37)と、掬上げられた茎葉部をその左右両側から引起こす周回ラグ機構(40)を備えた左右引起こし装置(42)と、引起こされた茎葉部を受けて切断する刈取装置(51)と、上記左右引起こし装置を圃場面から一定高さ位置に追従可能に支持する左右橇体(36)とを備えた収穫部を機体前部に備えて茎葉の収穫走行が可能に構成され、上記左右引起こし装置(42)の少なくとも一方には、その外側位置で茎葉部を引起こす左右補助引起こし装置(81)を設けたものである。【選択図】図4
