150 BEEF PRODUCTION 



ations in the feeder to permit the corn in these various 

 forms to feed down properly. The essentials of a good 

 self-feeder are as follows: 



Storage for sufficient feed for the cattle having access 

 to the self-feeder for several days should be provided. 

 The opening from the storage compartment of the feeder 



Fig. 17. A small Self-Fcedor. 



to the trough should be capable of such adjustment that 

 the feed should at all times be available to the cattle. 

 That is to say, it should not be so constructed that the 

 cattle have access to large quantities of the feed at any 

 one time, as this occasions considerable waste of feed and 

 loss of appetite of the cattle by (heir slobbering and 

 mussing over it until it is unpalatable. Unless this fea- 

 ture of the feeder receives careful attention and adjust- 

 ment the self-feeder will prove more or less unsatisfac- 

 tory. A construction which makes it necessary for the 



