Farmhand does have a back mineral hopper. I just went out and looked at ours, which is still intact and grinds ear corn weekly. The intake auger is as JDSeller describes it. Ours has a sealed bearing at the back of the auger under the mineral hopper, and is driven by the drive chain and sprocket cluster up front. The solid shaft spins, with the front flighting pulling the hammer mill grindings back and opposing flighting in the back under the mineral hopper pulling the mineral forward. The two opposing sets of flighting meet, as you describe, at a sort of junction box approximately 2/3 back. That junction box is set to the right of the bottom of the cone of the main tank. The flat paddles actually throw the grindings and mineral sideways (to the left) into the bottom of the cone of the main tank. I suppose that lateral design was to keep the full weight of the feed in the main tank off of the feeder/intake auger that we are discussing. Anyway, the vertical mixing auger inside the main tank picks it up from there. It does not appear that this two-way auger shaft is connected to any other moving parts of the machine by belt, chain, or gear (other than the drive cluster in the front). A support bearing for the shaft mounted on your end cap would serve the same as the original support bearing under the mineral hopper. Your auger would simply have a shorter shaft with one-way flightIng pulling the grindings back from the hammer mill to the flat paddles. Those paddles are necessary.
If photos of specific parts of our Farmhand would help, let me know. I have not found the owners manual to very helpful, but could send you a copy if you think it would help you. I apologize for leaving you hanging on your related post a few days ago.
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