Patent ID: 7398638

Claim:
A method of harvesting a crop, comprising: providing a harvesting device ( 10 ) having a crop harvesting device ( 14 ) and a stalk cutting device ( 16 ), the crop harvesting device being in front of the cutting device, the crop harvesting device detaching crop sections ( 24 ) of stalk sections ( 26 ) of crops ( 18 ), an intermediate member ( 42 ) bending the stalk sections forwardly, the cutting device cutting root sections ( 48 ) of the crops, the stalk cutting device ( 16 ) crushing the cut stalk sections to reduce a diameter of the stalk sections and breaking the stalk sections diagonally in order to improve aeration, and providing the crop harvesting device with a stripper header ( 22 ) that rotates in a counter-clockwise direction (D 1 ) and a guide member ( 28 ) that rotates in a clockwise direction (D 2 ).