| Show automatic mixers available on farm electricity cuts down on farm labor costs by bob wilson feed mixing like an increasing number of other farm chores now 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 are located either adjacent to the grinder or in the barn bam mow almost directly above the mill the two ton mixer shown in the accompanying illustration Is in the mow ot of a midwestern farm when processing operations begin shelled corn which has been blown such a mixer will save labor into a bin to the right ot of the mixer 1 drops through a chute to the grinder on the floor below the blower pipe is shown at the right ot of the mixer after grinding has been completed the ground grain is blown into the mixer and necessary supplements clements ts added the thoroughly mixed grain then flows out ot of the mixer and down a chute to be loaded 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 mati cally while the blower attachment on the electrically powered grinder returns the ground grain to the mixer setups of this type are becoming commonplace on scores of electrified farms they can be constructed at relatively small cost and in most cases by unskilled farm labor |
