Show ROAMING THE with Ira Miller Millet FARM ARM BUREAU d t t s 4 j F r nw t S s a aI I Cattle Caule e eat eat cafeteria t cafeteria style style from from thus ha liar hay storage Ce end curing coring structure Storing and curing hay provide enough nough headaches for the average farmer And when you add the extra F. F pitchfork and carting chorea chores necessary necessary noces- noces sary ary to get the cured hay to hungry cattle the man-hours man of hard labor J begin to pinch both time and muscles Of course the best Idea would be Some ome kind of structure In which all three operations could be combined A A Tennessee farmer was convinced that this could be d done ne So WAS a manufacturer with whom he talked Together they worked out what is la called a self feed haymaker The new type silo-type structure Is of at all all- steel construction with heavy corrugated i l gated sections of ot proof burst strength t. t It rests on a concrete base around the sidewalls of ot which are a number j rf ot openings Hay flay Is Into these openings where cattle can help them them- selves without benefit benent of ot personal attention 1 Chopped hay Is recommended for I wise use se In the haymaker It Ins is blown into an opening In the dome of the structure structure strut ture and drops down around a vertical vertical vertical verti verti- cal shaft or wind tunnel An operated cally-operated tan fan Is connected to the shaft to either exhaust unheated air from Crom the stored hay or to blow heated air Into It The moisture laden air 1 It Is pushed or pulled out through the perforated sides of the haymaker depending depending depending de de- de- de pending on the type of curing de de- de sired Fans may be located either above the entry door of the haymaker haymaker haymaker hay hay- maker or In 11 the base For best results hay to be stored and cured should be cut as soon as the dew has dried It can be stored and the curing operation started when the moisture content Is down to 45 percent Mechanically cured hay re retains retains retains re- re a higher percentage of vitamin A and carotene content than that h has been dried in the field and therefore its feeding value is higher Farmers who feed reed top quality hay will need less grain and at the same time will find and their cows easing better and giving more milk |