Improved Article of Food for Cattle, and Process for Producing the same.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 26th Aug. 1891-Accepted. 24th Oct. 1991
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
An Improved Article of Food for Cattle, and Process for Producing
the same.
I, Dr. EMIL RAMANN, of Eberswalde in the Empire of Germany, Doctor of
Philosophy, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
--
My invention relates to a particular process for producing a novel article of
food for cattle generally from the growth of that known as brushwood which I
have found from most minute chemical analyses to contain as much nourishing
value as that of hay of a middle quality.
These analyses have shown that there is contained therein as under viz. :-
5-25 % 5.82% & 7.5 % of raw protein
2.9 %, to 5% & 5.2% of albumen
and up to 10% amylum. The percentage of digestible albumen is therefore
considerably higher than that contained in straw. And after many careful
experiments and examinations led to the consideration of my using and treating
brushwood for feeding purposes in the manner hereafter described.
To obtain the desired result in the first instance, I take brushwood to which a
portion of the leaves or buddings may still be attached and then suitably crush the
same (but not pulverised) between rollers in order to separate the cells or tissue
portions thereof.
The crushed stuff is then mixed with from about one half to one per cent of
ground malt and from one to two per cent. of salt, this mixture is then wetted with
water and arranged in heaps for the purpose of extraversion through self heating;
this being achieved in about one night.
The fibre and the raw protein is now transferred into the state of being
digestible.
The water may be wholly or partly supplanted by such fluids as result in or
from agricultural pursuits as for instance by wash and such like or other feeding
material may also be mixed or incorporated with the said crushed wood and after
the development of the heat as in manner before referred to and described the
mixture will be found to form a very palatable and easily digested food which will
be eagerly taken by cattle.
The entire mass by my system may be used fresh or be pressed into cakes of a
suitable form and size forming a new product or article of commerce.
Certain kinds of brushwood as for instance pine which contains a greater
percentage of tannin are to be treated with cold water and the lye thus obtained
can be used for tanning purposes, the loss of albumen incurred being but very
small.
Dated this 7th day of March 1891
BONNE & Co.,
57 & 58, Chancery Lane, London,
Authorised Patent and Trade Mark Agents.

page_text: 2.9% to 5% and 5.2 % albumen
and up to 10% amylum. The percentage of digestible albumen is therefore
considerably higher than that contained in straw. And after many careful
experiments and examinations, I was led to the consideration of using brush-
wood for feeding purposes, in the manner hereafter described.
To obtain the desired result, in the first instance I take brushwood to which a
portion of the leaves or buddings may still be attached and then suitably crush
same, (not pulverize) between rollers, in order to separate the cells or tissue
portions thereof.
The crushed stuff is then mixed with from about one half to one per cent. of
ground malt and from one to two per cent. of salt. This mixture is then wetted
with water and arranged in heaps for the purpose of extraversion through
self heating, this being effected in about twelve hours. The fibre and
the raw protein is now transferred into the state of being digestible. The
water may wholly or partly be substituted by such fluids as result in or from
agricultural pursuits as for instance by wash and such like or other feeding
material may also be mixed or incorporated with the said crushed wood,
and after the development of the heat as in manner before referred to and
described, the mixture will be found to form a very palatable and easily digestible
food, which will be eagerly taken by cattle. The entire mass may by my system
be used fresh or pressed into cakes of a suitable form and size, forming a new
product or article of commerce.
Certain kinds of brushwood, as for instance, pine, which contains a greater
percentage of tannin, are to be treated first with cold water and the lye thus
obtained can be used for tanning purposes, the loss of albumen incurred being but
very small.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The method and process for obtaining and producing food for cattle from
brushwood by means of crushing and mixing the crushed wood with malt, salt and
water in certain proportions and exposing the mass thus produced in heaps for a
suitable time, and for the purpose of extraversion through self heating as in
manner herein described.
Dad Dich A nouust 1901
C. R. BONNE & Co.,
57 & 58, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.