Patent ID: 6910649
Filing Date: 2005-06-28
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A roughage bale processing and dispensing method comprising the following steps: providing one bale of roughage having a given nutritional value; providing another bale of roughage having a predetermined nutritional value substantially different than said given nutritional value; providing a source of particulate feed material; mechanically conveying said feed material to a discharge region at a given quantity rate; conveying said one bale into a shredder mechanism at a given speed; simultaneously conveying said another bale into the shredder mechanism at a predetermined speed different than said given speed; simultaneously conveying the resultant shredded contents of said one bale and said another bale to the discharge region for combination with said mechanically conveyed feed material; and selectively controlling the ratios of said given speed and said predetermined speed to said given rate dependent upon the relative nutritional values of said one bale, said another bale and said feed material so as to create a combined feed having a desired combined nutritional value.