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An animal feed support stand includes a plurality of elongated support legs. A protective housing is mounted on the legs, and defines an open bottom adapted for receiving an above-ground feed container for storing and dispensing animal feed. A carriage carries the feed container. A hoist cable moves

An animal feed support stand includes a plurality of elongated support legs. A protective housing is mounted on the legs, and defines an open bottom adapted for receiving an above-ground feed container for storing and dispensing animal feed. A carriage carries the feed container. A hoist cable moves the carriage vertically between a lowered fill position, whereby the feed container is located beneath the protective housing for filling, and a raised feed-dispensing position, whereby the feed container is located within the protective housing for dispensing feed to a ground surface below.

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An animal feed support stand includes a plurality of elongated support legs. A protective housing is mounted on the legs, and defines an open bottom adapted for receiving an above-ground feed container for storing and dispensing animal feed. A carriage carries the feed container. A hoist cable moves

An animal feed support stand includes a plurality of elongated support legs. A protective housing is mounted on the legs, and defines an open bottom adapted for receiving an above-ground feed container for storing and dispensing animal feed. A carriage carries the feed container. A hoist cable moves the carriage vertically between a lowered fill position, whereby the feed container is located beneath the protective housing for filling, and a raised feed-dispensing position, whereby the feed container is located within the protective housing for dispensing feed to a ground surface below. or operatively connected to a plurality of rotatable drive wheels, said plurality of rotatable drive wheels being frictionally enpayable with a perimeter of said arcuate guide and said arcuate guide being rotatably mounted upon a plurality of carrier rollers, said plurality of carrier rollers being disposed at points along a path beneath said arcuate frame with a carrier roller among said plurality of carrier rollers being rotatable around a horizontal axis and being operatively connected to said arcuate frame and said arcuate guide being rotatable mounted between a plurality of external guide rollers and a plurality of internal guide rollers with said plurality of external guide rollers and said plurality of internal guide rollers being operatively connected to said arcuate frame; e) means for binding said plurality of branches of said standing tree around said trunk of said tree while said plurality of branches are compressed. 2. An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said arcuate frame comprises a single main body rigidly attached to a plurality of arcuate frame reinforcement members and said support structure comprises a left horizontal support member rigidly attached to said arcuate frame, a right horizontal support member rigidly attached to said arcuate frame, a left diagonal support member rigidly attached to said arcuate frame, a right diagonal support member rigidly attached to said arcuate frame and a center horizontal support member rigidly attached to said arcuate frame. 3. An apparatus as in claim 2, wherein said main body of said arcuate frame comprises a metallic rectangular tube. 4. An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said means for compressing said plurality of branches of said standing tree toward said trunk of said tree comprise a plurality of cylindric horizontal compression rollers spaced to an interior side of an interior perimeter of said arcuate frame with each compression roller among said plurality of compression rollers being operatively connected to said arcuate frame and being rotatable around a horizontal axis. 5. An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein each drive wheel among said plurality of drive wheels is pneumatic. 6. An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said plurality of drive wheels comprise: a) a drive shaft pneumatic drive wheel rigidly connected by a lower main drive shaft keyed connection, by an upper hub collar and by a lower hub collar to a main drive shaft, said main drive shaft being attached to said drive motor and being rotatable by said drive motor about a vertical axis; b) a left pneumatic drive wheel rigidly connected by a lower left remote drive shaft keyed connection, a left remote drive shaft upper hub collar and a left remote drive shaft lower hub collar to a left remote drive shaft, said left remote drive shaft being rigidly attached by an upper left remote drive shaft keyed connection to a left remote drive pulley, said left remote drive pulley being beltedly connected to a dual drive belt pulley, said dual drive belt pulley being rigidly attached to said main drive shaft by an upper main drive shaft keyed connection and a drive shaft coupler, and said left pneumatic drive wheel being rotatable around a vertical axis as said main drive shaft is rotated; and c) a right pneumatic drive wheel rigidly connected by a lower right remote drive shaft keyed connection, a right remote drive shaft upper hub collar and a right remote drive shaft lower hub collar to a right remote drive shaft, said right remote drive shaft being rigidly attached by an upper right remote drive shaft keyed connection to a right remote drive pulley, said right remote drive pulley being beltedly connected to said dual drive belt pulley, and said right pneumatic drive wheel being rotatable around a vertical axis as said main drive shaft is rotated. 7. An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein a carrier roller among said plurality of carrier rollers is rotatably connected to a carrier bolting mechanism inserte