There is typically some loss if using a pull type swather. If the swather is 12 ft which was common, then swaths were run over at the corners. Typically a field would be cut round and round, and a corner would be a 90 degree turn and the tractor would run over the previous swath as the corner was made. With 15 or 16 ft cut swathers, there would usually be enough room for the tractor to make a 90 degree turn and miss the previous swath. I've run 10, 12, 15 and 16 ft swathers in small grains and have driven over a lot of swaths at corners. This was much improved when the self propelled swathers came out.
I have seen where a field had a fence around it and the first cut around the field was run backward so the out end of the swather would be close to the fence. The tractor wheels and inner swather wheel would be running in uncut grain creating lots of lose. The second swath would be the first in the "right" direction and a piece of folded tin would be placed over the sickle in the same width as the swath so the tin would slide over the previous swath. If that portion of the sickle was not covered, it would cut the previous swath into shreds causing even more loss. Even waiting to cut next to the fence as the "last round" still caused some uncut grain to be lost when opening a field.
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