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A mobile spray applicator for treating forage with a liquid chemical spray after it first picks up the windrow, and separates and spreads out the windrow material across the width of a moving conveyor belt while holding a portion of the material spaced from the surface of the conveyor belt. The spre

A mobile spray applicator for treating forage with a liquid chemical spray after it first picks up the windrow, and separates and spreads out the windrow material across the width of a moving conveyor belt while holding a portion of the material spaced from the surface of the conveyor belt. The spread out material forms a plurality of openings and interstices therethrough so that as it exits from the end of the conveyor, the upper surface of the forage is flood or mist sprayed with the liquid chemical. The chemical enters the openings and interstices and coats the upper surfaces of the forage disposed therebelow. As the sprayed forage falls away from the conveyor exit, its undersurface is also flood or mist sprayed so that a substantial portion of the forage is coated or wetted with the chemical. Liquid chemical agents which can be so applied include drying agents, nutrients, feed supplements, feed flavorings and the like. The surface of the conveyor belt is provided with a plurality of sinuous bars spaced from each other, the crests of which each have a pair of fingers in V-formation, which fingers assist in the separating and spreading out of the forage across the width of the conveyor surface. The crests in each bar are about 90°out of phase with the crests in adjacent bars on the conveyor belt surface.

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A mobile spray applicator for forage comprising means for picking up forage, conveyor means having a receiving end positioned to receive said forage from said pick up means and an exit end, said conveyor means conveying said forage away from said pick up means, said conveyor means including spreadin

A mobile spray applicator for forage comprising means for picking up forage, conveyor means having a receiving end positioned to receive said forage from said pick up means and an exit end, said conveyor means conveying said forage away from said pick up means, said conveyor means including spreading means for spreading said forage across said conveyor means and separating said forage while holding a portion of said forage spaced above said conveyor means, first flood or mist spraying means positioned above said exit end of said conveyor means for flood or mist spraying the upper surface of said forage as it exits said conveyor means, and second flood or mist spraying means positioned below said exit end of said conveyor means for flood or mist spraying the undersurface of said forage as it is falling away from said conveyor means.