self-feeder

American  

[self-fee-der, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈfi dər, ˈsɛlf- /

noun

1. an apparatus or machine that automatically discharges a supply of some material, especially one consisting of a hopper and a trough for feeding livestock.

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self-feeder British  

noun

1. any machine or device capable of automatically supplying materials when and where they are needed, esp one for making measured quantities of food constantly available to farm livestock

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Etymology

Origin of self-feeder

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

It is a self-feeder, and requires only a man and two boys to guide its operations.

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We left ours open between the poles as a self-feeder through which Pinto could eat hay without any work or responsibility on our part.

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The self-feeder may be used all through the life of the hog, beginning when the pigs are still nursing and continuing until they reach market weight.

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The latter, I incline to think; for come-back needs no facts, it is a self-feeder, and its entire absence in the anti-Englishman looks as if he had been a German.

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When the pigs are eight to ten days of age they are permitted to go at will to the self-feeder containing a mixture of ground grains.

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