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A Portable Scale for Cattle Research¹

University of Maine

Abstract

ALMOST all cattle research involves weighing of the animals. A portable scale, which can be transported easily and made ready for use with a minimum of effort, will increase the scope of the research which can be undertaken and the accuracy of the data. Work can be carried out on cooperating farms which are not equipped with scales.

Cattle research at the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Maine is conducted in several distant areas. It was, therefore, decided to make the stationary scale portable.

The scale at hand was a Howe scale, with a 52 inch by 76 inch platform and a capacity of 3,500 pounds. The frame, as well as the platform of this scale was constructed of wood. Because of the wooden construction, a heavy trailer frame of 6-inch channel iron was built (figure 1) and the scale supports welded to this. Some of the wooden structure of the scale was cutaway (figure 2) and the scale frame bolted directly to the trailer frame. The result was a very rugged and solid unit.

¹ Published as a Scientific Paper of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono, Maine.

² Assistant Animal Husbandman. Department of Animal Industry.

³ Special Technician. Department of Agricultural Engineering.