PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FEED TYPES USED FOR FEEDING LIVESTOCK IN PEASANT AND PRIVATE AUXILIARY FARMS

Livestock in Uzbekistan is mainly raised in small family livestock farms with 5-10 head of cattle or 50-60 head of sheep. Although small equipment is available for these farms to grind feed, but due to lack of feed distribution equipment, feed distribution is labor intensive and done manually. Taking this into account, the device used in the distribution of feed for small farms was developed and the physical and mechanical properties of the distributed feed were studied. According to the results of the experiments, crushed straw, crushed alfalfa and crushed corn were selected as distributed roughage, and their volumetric mass and natural angle of inclination were determined.