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AN IMPROVEMENT IN A DEVICE FOR CONVEYING CROP MATERIAL AND THE LIKE INCLUDING A HOPPER HAVING AN OUTLET OPENING, AN ELONGATE CONTAINER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID HOPPER OPENING, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A FORWARD END ADJACENT SAID HOPPER AND A REAR END REMOTE THEREFROM, AN AUGER ROTATABLE IN SAID CONTAINER AND OPERATIVE TO WITHDRAW MATERIAL FROM SAID HOPPER AND CONVEY THE MATERIAL FROM SAID FORWARD END TOWARD SAID CONTAINER REAR END, SAID AUGER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTED AUGER SECTIONS, EACH AUGER SECTION BEING THE SAME AS THE OTHER AUGER SECTIONS AND COMPRISING A SHAFT OF UNIFORM DIAMETER FROM END TO END HAVING HELICAL FLIGHTS WOUND AROUND THE SHAFT AND FIXED THERETO, SAID FLIGHTS HAVING BORES OF UNIFORM DIAMETER, AND MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE REAR END OF ONE AUGER SECTION TO THE FORWARD END OF THE NEXT AUGER SECTION AND MINIMIZE INTERFERENCE WITH THE CONVEYANCE OF MATERIAL FROM ONE AUGER SECTION TO THE NEXT, THE IMPROVEMENT RELATING TO SAID CONNECTING MEANS AND COMPRISING A SLEEVE HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REAR END, SAID SLEEVE SURROUNDING THE REAR END OF THE SHAFT OF SAID ONE AUGER SECTION AND THE FORWARD END OF THE SHAFT OF THE NEXT AUGER SECTION, A SLOT EXTENDING FROM ONE AXIAL END OF SAID SLEEVE TO THE OTHER AND ON THE SAME HELIX AS THE FLIGHTS ON SAID AUGER SECTIONS, SAID SLOT BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE FLIGHTS OF THE RESPECTIVE AUGER SECTIONS, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID SLEEVE TO EACH OF SAID AUGER SECTIONS.