Posted by JRSutton on March 29, 2013 at 07:14:48 from (75.130.109.233):
In Reply to: PTO Hammer mills posted by Paul on March 29, 2013 at 06:32:34:
Absolutely right, and the only reason we don't go with a larger screen is simply because we haven't found one yet. We're looking.
It's finer than we'd like, but not horrible.
Another friend has a large corn operation - he usually has an acre or two leftover he lets us pick - it just costs us gas to pull a picker, so we don't mind that the grinding isn't all that efficient (or too efficient depending on how you look at it).
Used for chicken feed, also mixed in with goat feed in the winter, and for finishing half a dozen herefords. Gets mixed into feed for a few belgians too. A few pigs from time to time.
A little goes a long way for us. It's mostly filler to lower feed costs. Kind of 'icing on the cake'. Plus it's gives us something to do to keep us out of trouble on days where there's not much else that can be done.
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