stall-feed
Americanverb (used with object)
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to keep and feed (an animal) in a stall.
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to fatten (an animal) for slaughter by stall-feeding.
verb
Etymology
Origin of stall-feed
First recorded in 1755–65
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Would it not be well for some of our farmers, who stall-feed cattle, to try this or a similar mode?
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
They stall-feed very fat, no doubt; but though generally very good, I have never, in any part of the States, tasted beef equal to the best in England.
From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Murray, Henry A.
In latitudes, however, in which it becomes necessary to stall-feed during several months of the year, barns are indispensable.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert
It is a very uneven track of ground, abounding with swamps; here they turn in their fat cattle, or such as they intend to stall-feed, for their winter's provisions.
From Letters from an American Farmer by St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector
Oh, yes, you would; she was quite inclined to like you before you began to turn, physically, into a stall-fed prize winner.
From The Firing Line by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
The men, like stall-fed beasts, spurred themselves by the prospect of eating and idleness, and we were soon at the beach.
From Montlivet by Smith, Alice Prescott
It is quite clear—I am to be stall-fed.
From Pepita Ximenez by Valera, Juan
In the northern districts they are stall-fed on the waste material of the beet-sugar and oil-works, and of the distilleries.
From France by Home, Gordon Cochrane
All looked as sleek and fat as stall-fed cattle.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
Princess, a thorough bred Cow, bred regularly up to eighteen years old; was then dried off and turned to grass for beef, and slaughtered in the fall without stall-feeding, and made merchantable beef.
From Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-Bred Neat Stock Short Horns, Ayrshires and Devons by Various
She made inquiry about four-crop rotation, and endeavoured, with Bunce, to go into the great subject of stall-feeding.
From The Belton Estate by Trollope, Anthony
In spring and summer, when the cow has her natural food, no artificial colour is required; but in winter, under stall-feeding, the colour is white and tallowy, and some persons prefer a higher colour.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
For a milk dairy, this arrangement is an admirable one—we so used it for four years; or for stall-feeding, it is equally convenient.
From Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings by Allen, Lewis Falley
By stall-feeding they can be ripened for the butcher at an early age.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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