Fertilizer distribution apparatus

Claim 1

A FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS, COMPRISING: A WHEELED TRUCK HAVING A FERTILIZER STORAGE HOPPER SUPPORTED THEREON, SAID STORAGE HOPPER HAVING DOWNWARDLY CONVERGING INSIDE WALLS HAVING AT LEAST ONE OUTLET ALONG THE LOWER PORTIONS THEREOF; A FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTING HOPPER SUPPORTED AT THE REAR END OF SAID TRUCK AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AT ONE SIDE THEREOF PARALLEL TO THE GROUND SURFACE; AN AUGER FEED CONVEYOR IN OPEN COMMUNICATIN WITH THE OUTLET OF SAID STORAGE HOPPER, THE EXIT END OF SAID FEED CONVEYOR BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE DISTRIBUTING HOPPER AT THE END THEREOF ADJACENT SAID TRUCK; A SUPPORT MEMEBER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN THE STORAGE HOPPER AND THE DISTRIBUTING HOPPER INCLUDING A CYLINDER ASSEMBLY TO ADJUSTABLY POSITION SAID DISTRIBUTING HOPPER RELATIVE TO SAID STORAGE HOPPER; SAID DISTRIBUTING HOPPER BEING PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINAL TROUGH EXTENDING ALONG THE INTERIOR THEREOF THE FULL LENGTH OF THE HOPPER SAID TROUGH HAVING OPEN APERTURES AT ITS LOWER SUFACE LOCATED AT SPACED INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF; AND A POWERED AUGER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID DISTRIBUTING HOPPER DIRECTLY ABOVE THE TROUGH, THE OUTLET OF SAID AUGER FEED CONVEYOR BEING DIRECTED TO ONE END OF SAID AUGER.