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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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 J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur
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 George Dadd
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 Robert Jennings
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 Henry A. Murray
Nevertheless, as Sailen had plenty of money he did not allow his vanity merely to graze at large; he took special pride in keeping it stall-fed.
From Stories from Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
And if we were now at the bar of some stall-fed justice, the inquiry would insure the victory to the maker of it, to the manifest delight of the constables and suitors of his court.
From American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Alexander Johnston
Probably one of the best fertilisers is genuine farmyard manure from stall-fed cattle, for it contains phosphates, alkalies, and silicates in available forms.
From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons
Generally no hay need be cut, as the grass cures standing, and keeps the cattle in as good condition all winter as if they were stall-fed.
From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn
The next best kind of cow manure is that of stall-fed cattle, to which dry food only, as hay and grain, is fed.
From Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure by William Falconer
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 Lewis Falley Allen
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 Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
They are excellent farmers, and keep fine stock, which they care for with German thoroughness; stall-feeding in the winter.
From The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Charles Nordhoff
For this reason stall-feeding is often resorted to.
From American Cookery November, 1921 by Janet McKenzie Hill
No crops to be saved in winter, you see, and no farm work except stall-feeding the cattle.
From Stories by English Authors: Ireland by Samuel Lover
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