Posted by Iowa Corn and hogs on January 14, 2010 at 08:36:14 from (99.196.64.56):
In Reply to: Grinding feed posted by M Nut on January 14, 2010 at 07:23:08:
Order of ingredients
1) SBM or supplement 2) premix, mineral,medication etc 3) corn (or whatever grain you are using)
It won't matter one bit if corn or oats first.
Book will help on service but not HOW to grind the feed.
Main thing is don't put an ingredient that only takes a small amount in an empty grinder. For instance, if you are adding 5 lbs of medication, put it in part way through the batch. First and it might get hung up and not get mixed good. Last and then it is in the loading auger with nothing to follow it through and clean up the point of entry.
Book is worthless on helping you with which screen to use. Condition of the grain (moisture, whether a hard of soft grain, speed of hammers, etc) will all make a difference. Know what particle size you want and experiment.
Many studies have been done on mixing time. It takes a LONG time for particles to separate out from over-mixing. We feed THOUSANDS of hogs a year and mix for about 5 minutes--essentially as long as it takes to get from the corn bin to the feed bin. If you put a small (amount) ingredient in last, then you need to mix for quite a while--I wouldn't do it that way for reasons mentioned above.
You can't learn common sense from the book--only where the grease fitting are located. I doubt we even HAVE the books for our mills-maybe somewhere, I suppose.
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