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Fixed Equipment for Dispensing Forages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

M.J.B. Turner
M.J.B. Turner
Affiliation:
NIAE, Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedford
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It is not possible in this short paper to cover in detail the large variety of fixed equipment available for rationing and dispensing forages to animals. Several reviews of this subject have been published in recent years (Nilsson, 1970; Nilsson, Lingvall and Wiktorsson 1977; Payne, 1971; Anon, 1973 and 1974; Turner and Filby, 1973 and 1974; Turner, 1975 (a)) which describe adequately most of the equipment available today. This paper concentrates on silage feeding and includes installation guidelines for improving reliability and performance.

Type
The Mechanization of Feeding
Information
BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 2: The Mechanization and Automation of Cattle Production , January 1980 , pp. 135 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1980

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