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An apparatus for supplying feed material to animals and poultry. The apparatus has a trough located below a hopper used to store dry feed material. A plurality of legs support the hopper on the trough. A tubular member for carrying liquid, as water, extends through the hopper and is joined to an out

An apparatus for supplying feed material to animals and poultry. The apparatus has a trough located below a hopper used to store dry feed material. A plurality of legs support the hopper on the trough. A tubular member for carrying liquid, as water, extends through the hopper and is joined to an outwardly directed lateral tubular extension. The tubular member and extension is used to dispense the liquid into the trough. A drive motor rotates the tubular member to distribute the liquid around the trough and discharge the dry feed material into the trough. A control having a sensor located in the trough is operable in response to the amount of feed material in the trough to control the supply of water to the tubular member and the motor that rotates the tubular member.

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A feeding apparatus comprising: a feeding trough, a hopper having a chamber for accommodating dry feed material, said hopper having a bottom portion provided with a feed material discharge opening for directing dry feed material to the feeding trough, means supporting the hopper above the trough, an

A feeding apparatus comprising: a feeding trough, a hopper having a chamber for accommodating dry feed material, said hopper having a bottom portion provided with a feed material discharge opening for directing dry feed material to the feeding trough, means supporting the hopper above the trough, an upright member located in the chamber, said upright member having an upright passage, said passage having an upper section and a lower section, a lateral extension connected to the member, and extended from the member to the adjacent feeding trough, said lateral extension having a lateral passage open at one end to the lower section of the upright passage, and open at the other end adjacent the feeding trough, means operable to direct liquid into the upper section of the upright passage, said liquid flowing through said upright passage and lateral passage into the feeding trough, means mounting the member on the hopper and trough for movement about a generally upright axis whereby the lateral extension moves with the member, drive means operable to move the member, whereby the lateral extension moves dry feed material through the discharge opening into the feed trough and discharges liquid into the feed material in the feeding trough.