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MIni Grinder Helps Put Corn-Fed Steaks On Table
"I keep a few head of cattle to avoid having to mow a 7-acre pasture and to provide us with great home-grown steaks. I wanted to have corn-fed beef but didn't want to have to buy ground corn or spend a lot of mony on a hammermill or grinder," says Samuel Alexander, Millington, Tenn.
  
His solution was to build a small-scale corn grinder out of an ordinary garbage disposal. "I like to feed the cows a little corn with their hay in the winter but if you don't grind the corn, it'll pass right on through without being digested," notes Alexander.
  
He obtained a discarded stainless steel disposal for free from someone remodeling a kitchen and then made a stand from wooden pallets. He then removed the casing and electric motor from the disposal and mounted a pulley on the armature shaft, which he drives with a 1/3-hp electric motor.
  
"At first the corn came out like cornmeal. It was ground too fine. But after I drilled some holes in the bottom, it grinds up just right - like a grain crusher.
  
"No large scale livestock producer would fiddle with something like this but it's perfect if you just have a few head of cattle or some chickens. Very easy to build and works fast."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Samuel E. Alexander, 6550 Benjestown Rd., Millington, Tenn. 38053 (ph 901 357-2957).


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2003 - Volume #27, Issue #2