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They Blend Feed In Cement Mixer
Ronnie Pfeiffer and his sons use an ordinary cement mixer to blend daily rations for their calves.
The mixer is belt-driven by its original electric motor.
"We keep the mixer in our cattle barn and use it every day to make rations for our show calves. It really does a good job," says Pfeiffer. "We use
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They Blend Feed In Cement Mixer LIVESTOCK Feeding Equipment Ronnie Pfeiffer and his sons use an ordinary cement mixer to blend daily rations for their calves The mixer is belt-driven by its original electric motor We keep the mixer in our cattle barn and use it every day to make rations for our show calves It really does a good job says Pfeiffer We use it to mix feeds such as corn oats cottonseed hulls beet pulp molasses and soybean oil and unload the feed into 5-gal buckets We already had the mixer and hardly had to modify it at all We just unbolted 3 baffles from inside to get more of a tumbling action Pfeiffer says in the past they used a local feed mill to mix feed The problem was the feed mill required mixing a minimum of 1 ton so some of the feed would get stale before we could use it all up By mixing a fresh batch every day the feed always stays fresh And we save money Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ron Pfeiffer P O Box 148 Rt 3 Shelbyville Ill 62565 ph 217 460-0629
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