Abstract: A system that monitors and controls the flow of animal feed from an animal-feed storage vessel including a device for generating a weight signal corresponding to the weight of the vessel, a device for controlling the vessel's dispensing mechanism, a device for generating input signals corresponding to entered commands and numbers, a device for processing weight and input signals and generating controls signals and data therefrom, a device for storing signals and data, a device for displaying data and for prompting the entry of commands, a device for communicating signals within the system, and a device for receiving feed from the vessel for distribution to animals.

Abstract: A method for and a product resulting from the use of the method for elevating livestock feed storage bins having multiple supporting legs that avoids the need to lift the entire storage bin by crane or other elevating devices, the method including the steps of affixing a lifter engaging member to one of the multiple supporting legs, positioning a lifter proximate the leg and contiguous with the lifter engaging member, and actuating the lifter to elevate the leg to a preselected height sufficient to install data processing monitoring equipment thereunder to elevate the supported bin to a location greater than the height of the installed equipment. The balance of the multiple supporting legs are fitted and engaged sequentially in the same manner to enable the installation of other cooperative components of the data processing equipment whereby the feed storage bin, upon the total installation, resides at a higher elevation consistent with the height of the data processing equipment.