Table 20. Methods of Storing and Feeding Grain on Selected Dairy Farms 



Storing 



Method 



No. of Farms 



Feeding 



Method 



No. of Farms 



Overhead-bulk bins 7 



Overhead-bagged storage 5 



Stable grain room 12 

 Storage in feed alley 



or in front of cows 20 



Storage in separate building 2 



Total 46 



Feed cart 

 Bucket 



29 

 19 



Total 



48 



On more than half the farms, unloading time, time in getting grain to 

 the feed alley, and the carrying of 100-pound bags had been minimized by 

 arrangements for receiving and storing grain. Table 21 presents a summary 

 of distances observed. 



Table 21. Distances in Unloading, from Grain Storage to Feed Alley, and in Carrying 

 100-pound Bags Between Storage and Feed Alley, Selected Dairy Farms 



The greater the distance over which grain must be carried between 

 truck and grain storage, the greater the time per bag required in unloading. 

 Minimizing this distance in locating grain storage facilities would increase 

 the efficiency of grain delivery and decrease the time required of farm help 

 who may assist in unloading. 



Another locational consideration is the distance from the grain storage 

 to the feed alley. As this distance increases, so does the time required in 

 grain feeding. In a number of cases 100-pound bags were carried varying 

 distances in the transfer of grain from storage to feed alley. This lifting 

 could probably be avoided entirely by minor changes in methods. 



Some Grain-Feeding Arrangements for Dairy Farms. 



Some of the types of arrangements for receiving, storing, and feeding 

 grain on dairy farms are diagrammed below. Six represents a completely 



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