Livestock feeder

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR FEEDING GROUPS OF LIVESTOCK HAVING DIFFERENT FEED CONSUMPTION REQUIREMENTS COMPRISING, CONFINING THE GROUPS IN SEPARATE LINEARLY JUXTAPOSED FEEDING AREAS IN DESCENDING ORDER TO QUANTITATIVE FEED CONSUMPTION, WITHDRAWING FEED FROM A SUPPLY SOURCE ADJACENT THE MAXIMUM CONSUMPTION FEEDING AREA AND UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTING THE FEED THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF AN ELONGATED CONTAINER EXTENDING ABOVE ALL THE FEEDING AREAS, THEN DUMPING THE CONTAINER TO DEPOSIT FEED SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO EACH FEEDING AREA, THEN REPEATING THE DISTRIBUTING AND AND DUMPING CYCLES UNTIL A DESIRED TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEED HAS BEEN DISPOSITED IN THE MINIMUM CONSUMPTION FEEDING AREA FARTHEST FROM THE SUPPLY SOURCE, THEN REPEATING THE DIS TRIBUTING CYCLE OVER A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME TO DISTRIBUTE FEED IN THE CONTAINER ABOVE ALL THE FEEDING AREAS EXCEPT THE MINIMUM CONSUMPTION AREA FARTHEST FROM THE FEED SUPPLY SOURCE, THE REPEATING THE DUMPING CYCLE TO DEPOSIT FEED SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO EACH FEEDING AREA EXCEPT SAID MINIMUM CONSUMPTION AREA, AND THEN REPEATING THE DISTRIBUTING AND DUMPING CYLCES OVER PROGRESSIVELY SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME TO PROGRESSIVELY ELIMINATE THE REMAINING MINIMUM CONSUMPTION AREA FROM THE DISTRIBUTING CYLCE AND TERMINATING THE FEEDING OPEARATION WHEN A DESIRED TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEED HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE MAXIMUM CONSUMPTION FEEDING AREA ADJACENT THE FEED SUPPLY SOURCE.