Show Automatic Mixers Available on Farm Electricity Cuts Guts Down Dawn On Farm Labor Costs By Bob Wilson Vilson Feed mixing like an increasing number of other farm chores now i. i la is being placed on practically an automatic basis and coordinated with related activities In this case mixing is coordinated with cribbing and grinding operations Generally mixers rare are located either adjacent to the grinder or in inthe inthe inthe the barn mow almost directly above the mill The two-ton two mixer shown in the accompanying illustration is in the mow of a Midwestern farm When processing operations begin shelled corn which has been blown I J t i z y i vt i i J. J u h ti x I Such a mixer will save labor 4 into a bin to the right of the mixer mixer drops through a chute to the grinder on the floor below The blower pipe is shown at the right of the mixer After grinding has been completed completed completed com com- the ground grain is blown into the mixer and necessary supplements supplements supplements sup sup- added The thoroughly mixed grain then flows out of the mixer and down a chute to be loaded loaded loaded load load- ed into a feed cart on the first floor The only manual work required is dumping the sacked supplement into the mixer A conventional type blower cribs the whole grain automatically automatically auto auto- automatically while the blower attachment attachment attachment attach attach- ment on the electrically powered grinder returns the ground grain to the mixer Setups of this type are becoming commonplace on scores of electrified electrified electrified fied farms They can be constructed at relatively small cost and in most cases by unskilled farm labor |