Frame Work for 

 Chopped Hoy 



Frame Work 

 for 

 Baled Hay 



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Portable Bejt^ 

 Conveyor 



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Fig. 62. This diagram is shown to describe the continuous mow outlet open- 

 ing. Research and trial are suggested. 



may explore their possibilities. 



The following descriptions of four 

 untried ideas are made merely as rec- 

 ommendations for further exploration 

 and research by agricultural engi- 

 neers : 



1. The continuous mow outlet 

 opening: (a) designed for chopped 

 hay, and (b) designed for baled hay. 



2. Facilities for emergency al- 

 ternatives to daily hauling and dis- 

 tribution of manure. 



3. Easier silage preparation. 



4. Special milk strainer. 



Continuous Mow Outlef Opening 



This idea suggests a continuous 

 four-foot wide opening, or more ac- 

 curately, a continuous series of 4 x 4 

 foot openings the full length of the 

 barn in the middle of the mow floor 

 (Fig. 62). These would be immedi- 

 ately over the feed floor of the cow 

 stable. A double joist on four-foot 

 centers would permit individual 

 openings about 4 feet x 3 feet 8 

 inches. Below these openings, eight- 

 foot long double doors each two feet 

 wide would be hinged at the ceiling. 

 Each set of double doors would close 

 two mow openings from below. 



This arrangement seemed to open 

 up a number of combinations or pos- 

 sibilities in moving chopped hay or 

 baled hay out of the mow to the feed 

 floor. Two of the possible structures 

 over the openings and extending the 



full len^h of the barn will be men- 

 tioned. The first is designed for 

 chopped hay and the second, for baled 

 hay. 



The first type (Fig. 63) would be 

 a framework three feet high and six 

 feet wide to protect the openings 

 from the weight of hay above. These 

 could be built so as to have free 

 clearance on the sides. Ignoring for 

 the moment how one might start the 

 process of getting hay out, several 

 possibilities might be explored. A 

 portable moving belt conveyor on the 

 mow floor extending from the raow 

 opening to the side of the mow would 

 be pushed to the hay. The hay would 

 be raked down on to the three-foot 

 belt which would deliver it to the 

 opening. Another possibility con- 

 sidered was a portable moving con- 

 veyor or rake pivoted near the mow 

 opening and raking the hay from 

 the top downward. This portable 

 conveyor could be moved along the 

 barn as necessary. 



The second type of structure (Fig. 

 64) designed for baled hay would be 

 a framework about eight feet high 

 and eight feet wide. The space un- 

 der this could be filled with baled 

 hay laid on two by fours over the 

 openings. The framework would 

 protect this area from the weight of 

 hay above. This arrangement would 

 make the hay in the protected area 

 available from the stable floor by one 



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