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Show Molasses Tastes Good to Cattle .... Here Is One Easy Way to Add It to Feed By IRA MILLER Form Electriication Bureau Molasses as a feed supplement for beef cattle seems to be an accepted practice in several areas of the country. coun-try. The idea may have originated in the south, but now is spreading to other areas. To see how molasses is added to feed, we visited a farm In Maryland hidden) shown at the right of the spout. In operation, barley Is brought in from the field and elevated into the whole grain bin. The barley drops into the trough to be augered to the crimper. After crimping, the barley is blown into the ground feed bin and, later, chuted down again into the trough to be auged into the I J -s I ; 1 J I "i ", -T - - 1 L f . s ; ' , t I "1 s Mr ' n v I ; i where a homemade setup is used to perform this sticky job the easy way. A partial view of the processing equipment used is Illustrated with i this report ! This farmer, first, constructed separate sep-arate overhead whole grain and ground feed bins. Bottoms of the two bins form a double, individually controlled con-trolled hopper which empties into an auger-equipped wooden trough. I The near end of the trough has a J spout which can be moved from side i to side. This permits whole grain to I be directed Into the crimper on the floor of the barn, or crimped grain j to flow Into the mixer (partly mixer. Molasses is pumped from the tank (extreme left) into the mixer. Bin gates are manually controlled. The setup requires a vertical elevator ele-vator to move whole grain to the overhead bin. and two augers one to transport whole grain from the top of the vertical elevator into the bin. and another to move the whole and crimped grain along the hopper trough. Each is connected to separate 3 horsepower motors. The blower operates off the crimper. In addition there is a 5 horsepower motor on the crimper and a 15 horsepower motor on the mixer The crimper motor also operates the molasses pump. |