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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1977
Joseph A Anderson, Jamestown, ND (US);
Haybuster Manufacturing, Inc., Jamestown, ND (US);
Abstract
A self feeding bunk or barrier used for permitting cattle to eat directly from stacks of forage such as hay, and which comprises a modular member having an upright, slat barrier through which the animals can feed from a forage stack that the sections surround. The barrier modules include a horizontal support deck attached to the upright barrier and held by end frames. The horizontal floor or deck is of sufficient lateral width (outwardly from the stack) so that the animal which is feeding cannot reach through the upright barrier for eating unless it is standing on the deck. The barrier module is securely held by the animal itself as it eats so that the barrier cannot be dislodged.