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We gave the sheep a foddering of hay and then got the flock outdoors.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

In the steady cold weather of the North, the shepherd readily learns to determine about how much hay will be consumed before the next foddering time.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert

Tommy Eye, teamster, stumbling towards the hovel for the early foddering, came upon him, and stopped and stared in utter amazement.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman

The Universal Soul, as it is called, has an interest in the stacking of hay, the foddering of cattle, and the draining of peat-meadows.

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David

The expense of maintaining and increasing his stock of cars, and of foddering his horses was very great; and he was always on the look-out for more capital.

From Men of Invention and Industry by Smiles, Samuel