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21. A product container for dispersing product from a dispersing apparatus, said product container comprising: a housing and a product meter, said housing including means for retaining said product meter at least partially within said housing; said product meter being removable from said housing; wherein said means for retaining is adapted to retain said product meter at least partially within said housing such that said housing and said product meter are conjointly removable from said dispersing apparatus.

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23. The product container as claimed in claim 21, said housing defining a tapered section, said tapered section comprising said means for retaining said product meter in said housing; wherein said tapered section of said housing defines a discharge outlet at the bottom of said tapered section, said tapered section of said housing being adapted to retain said product meter over said discharge outlet.

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27. A product container for a dispersing apparatus including a hopper, said product container comprising: an outer housing formed from a substantially rigid material; and an inner receptacle for holding product to be dispersed from said dispersing apparatus movable along terrain to be treated by said product, said inner receptacle being formed from a substantially flexible material and mounted within said outer housing.

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57. The product container as claimed in claim 21, wherein the product container defines discharge means oriented in a downward direction when the product container is mounted to the dispersing apparatus for discharging the product from the product container by gravity feed, the product container having a closable opening defined therein for refiling the product container with the product to be dispersed from the product container without removing the product container from said dispersing apparatus.

58. The container as claimed in claim 57, wherein said discharge means is defined on a top surface of the product container, and said closable opening is defined on an opposed base surface of the product container.

59. The product container as claimed in claim 27, wherein the product container defines discharge means oriented in a downward direction when the product container is mounted to the dispersing apparatus for discharging the product from the product container by gravity feed, the product container having a closable opening defined therein for refiling the product container with the product to be dispersed from the product container without removing the product container from said dispersing apparatus.

60. The container as claimed in claim 59, wherein said discharge means is defined on a top surface of the product container, and said closable opening is defined on an opposed base surface of the product container.