The cattle nourishing has a specific structure based on two principal stages producing high quality fodder in large quantities and fodder handling and distribution in order to ensure: animal's rations; preservation of fodder nourishing qualities; losses and physical effort elimination. In order to modernize and develop the machine system designed at foddering process, two machines constructively conceived have been manufactured; they are able to perform several activities wither the technology

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... f fodder preparing and supplying to cattle. This article comparatively presents the technical performances and the working time structure obtained as a result of experimental researches in a stock-raising farm on a group of 100 milking cows and for similar working conditions.