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Grain rooms at a number of conven- 

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Figure 1. Examples of non-mechanized methods of handling bagged feed on 



poultry farms. 



A number of feed companies provide information on methods of im- 

 proving feed handling practices on the farm. Typical of such with respect 

 to bagged feed is a pamphlet published by a cooperative operating in New 

 Hampshire.* There are also numerous articles in agricultural magazines 

 dealing with methods used and equipment devised by poultrymen throughout 

 the country to mechanize the handling of bagged feed. All such sources 

 should be helpful in finding the method best suited to the individual situation. 



Gravity-flow Installations. 



Having feed available on most floors by gravity may simplify feeding 

 operations and reduce physical effort. But the problem of elevating feed 

 so that it can be made available by gravity is usually one which concerns 

 both the feed dealer and the farm operator. Some farm operators have re- 

 quested and obtained second or third floor deliveries of grain-feed for 

 many years. In many instances feed dealers have had to make these difficult 



* Make Feed Handling Easy, Eastern States Farmers' Exchange. April, 1954. 



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