FODDER

(Germ, futter.) In Agriculture, the food given to quadrupeds, which consists of the stems and leaves of plants, such as the culmiferous stems of the gra es, the haulm of legumes, potatoes, .; or, in short, whatever is given as the ordinary food is designated fodder; whereas corn, beans, and other articles, which present nourishment in a more concentrated form, are not included under the term fodder, but rather known as solid food. Fodder, is the name of a weight formerly used in the weighing of lead: it was of various magnitudes, but most commonly amounted to about 2400 lbs. [s. 472]