Grain Cart        

 A grain cart is a huge tank on a huge pair of tires. It holds harvested grain.

• It is pulled by a powerful tractor. 

• The semi can usually hold about 4 to 5 grain-cart-loads. 

Four Wheeler

Four wheelers are now used instead of horses. They can go a lot faster and don't need to be fed or cleaned.

• Most four wheelers can go as fast as 40mph.

• The four wheelers can brake down though. 

Silage                 

• Silage is corn or cane plants chopped up into fine pieces.

• It is chopped up by a silage cutter.

• The crop is gathered up into the rollers by a header. The rollers feed the corn or cane into the small blades which spin at a very fast rate of speed. The chop up the stalks and all into bits. It is then fed into a blower that shoots it out the spout into the wagon. When the wagon is full, a truck pulls up beside it. The wagon tips sideways and the top flips up. All the newly cut silage falls into the truck, which pulls away and dumps it onto a pile. 

Auger                 

• An auger is composed of a huge round tube, made of metal,  with a massive drill bit inside.

• A motor at the end spins the drill bit.

• The end of the auger is stuck into a bin and the grain travels up the big tube. It then drops down into a tandem truck or semi. The semi or tandem usually goes to a feedlot or an elevator.