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Cackelator Poultry Feed Calculator
Content Description
The Poultry Science Department, University of Wisconsin, donated an electronic instrument housed in a leather luggage-style case titled "CACKALATOR, Linthicum, Maryland, 21090." This electronic device was carried to the farm and used by Ag-Way Co-op feed representatives and flock owners to make nutritional determinations to provide the highest net income for the poultryman. An early, on-the-farm computer, the CACKALATOR's 21 switches, dials, and knobs were used to formulate the crude protein, metabolizable energy, methionine in protein, etc. in the finished feed.
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