Feed delivery method and apparatus

Claim 1

IN A LIVESTOCK FEEDER AN ELONGATED TROUGH DEFINED BY A LONGITUDINAL BOTTOM PORTION BETWEEN LATERALLY SPACED UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, A VERTICAL PARTITION EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN SAID TROUGH FROM SAID BOTTOM PORTION TO A HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE HEIGHT OF SAID SIDE WALLS DIVIDING SAID TROUGH INTO TWO COMPARTMENTS, BELT CONVEYING MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY CONTIGUOUS WITH THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID PARTITION HAVING A LATERAL WIDTH GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID PARTITION, SAID CONVEYOR MEANS BEING OPERABLE TO DISCHARGE FEED LATERALLY OVER ITS EDGES FOR DISCHARGING FEED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE TROUGH INTO BOTH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, A BAFFLE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG EACH SIDE OF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS LATERALLY SPACED THEREFROM TO COOPERATE WITH SAID CONVEYOR MEANS TO DEFINE A VERTICALLY EXTENDING LONGITUDINAL OPENING ALONG EACH EDGE OF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS ALONG WHICH FEED IS FREE TO FALL INTO THE ASSOCIATED COMPARTMENT, EACH LONGITUDINAL OPENING BEING LOCATED INWARDLY FROM THE ASSOCIATED SIDE WALL, SAID BAFFLES EXTENDING FROM A POSITION ABOVE SAID CONVEYOR MEANS TO A LOWER EDGE AT LEAST AS LOW AS THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID PARTITION, SAID BAFFLES COOPERATING WITH SAID PARTITION AND CONVEYOR MEANS TO PREVENT WIND FROM FREELY BLOWING ACROSS SAID TROUGH SO THAT FEED IS NOT LOST AS IT DROPS FREE FROM SAID CONVEYOR MEANS INTO SAID TROUGH.