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Cackelator Poultry Feed Calculator
Content Description
The Cackelator is an electronic instrument housed in a leather luggage-style case. It was used by Ag-Way Coop representatives as an early on-the-farm "computer" to formulate poultry feed mixtures based on flock production factors such as body weight and egg weight. This briefcase-sized device was carried to the farm and used by the feed representative and flock owner to determine nutritional inputs that would provide the highest net income for the poultry farmer.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Special Collections for access.
Total Size of Collection
2 Linear Feet (1 leather case with machine built in)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This device came from the Poultry Science Department of the University of Wisconsin.
Genres
agricultural art and memorabilia
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
301-504-5876