Wood Chipper Grinds Corn Just Right

Wood Chipper Grinds Corn Just Right WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 34-1-18 Thomas Roberts gets chicken feed for the price of shelled corn. To grind it up for his flock, he just runs it through a small wood chipper. "I can do about 100 lbs. in less than 30 minutes," says Roberts. "The thing that takes the most time is changing the bag." To grind his corn, Roberts just fires up his combination wood chipper and leaf shredder. He pours corn into the chipper chute that would normally be used for small branches and twigs. "If I pour it into the leaf shredder part, it kicks back out," explains Roberts. "The wood side has a baffle on it that opens up just enough for the corn being poured in." Roberts says the system is all he needs for his chickens, ducks, guineas and a few goats. The critters like it, and so does he. He gets double duty from his shredder. "It didn't need to be altered at all except that I ran a piece of pvc pipe up and away from the air intake to bring in fresh air. It's a pretty dusty operation," he says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Thomas Roberts, 1028 Roberts Drive W., Wesson, Miss. 39191 (ph 601 894-1136).

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