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Definition of Self-feeder
1. Noun. A machine that automatically provides a supply of some material. "The feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-feeder
Literary usage of Self-feeder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farm Buildings by Sanders Publishing Co. (Chicago) (1909)
"This rack is to a certain extent a self-feeder, and though it is not ... Fig.
d->2 shows a self-feeder to be built in the feed-box of each horse at the end ..."
2. Western Live-stock Management by Ermine Lawrence Potter, Carl N. Kennedy, George Roy Samson, Oran Milton Nelson (1917)
"self-feederS The self-feeder attempts to decrease the labor cost ... Small self-feeder
for Hogs. attention need be paid to that feeder for several days. ..."
3. Western Live-stock Management by Ermine Lawrence Potter, Carl N. Kennedy, George Roy Samson, Oran Milton Nelson (1917)
"self-feederS The self-feeder attempts to decrease the labor cost ... Small self-feeder
for Hogs. attention need be paid to that feeder for several days. ..."
4. Pork-production by William Wesley Smith, Robert Alexander Craig (1920)
"... easily accessible, and pure, that they are free from worms and lice, and that
their sleeping quarters are clean and comfortable. The self-feeder. ..."
5. Pork-production by William Wesley Smith, Robert Alexander Craig (1920)
"... easily accessible, and pure, that they are free from worms and lice, and that
their sleeping quarters are clean and comfortable. The self-feeder. ..."