AN IMPROVED FOOD FOR SHEEP AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Mitchell, of Northwold, near Brandon, in
the County of Norfolk, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED FOOD FOR
SHEEP AND OTHER ANIMALS."
Sealed the 26th November 1867, and dated the 28th May 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Mitchell at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th May 1867.
I, WILLIAM MITCHELL, of Northwold, near Brandon, in the County of
Norfolk, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IM-
PROVED FOOD FOR SHEEP AND OTHER ANIMALS," to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to obtaining food for sheep and other animals in the
form of cake from the seed or pulse of the lupin with other seed or grain or
pulse. For this purpose I break or grind the seed or pulse of the lupin so as
to separate or reduce it; I then mix therewith linseed, or wheat or barley,
or beans or other seed, grain, or pulse in proportions adapted to the health or
other condition of the animal to be fed therewith, and I then submit the
mixture to powerful pressure to produce the desired amalgamation or com-
bination in the form of cake. The lupin by itself is a bitter astringent, acting.
as a powerful tonic to create appetite, with a tendency to strengthen the

page_text: digestive organs of animals feeding on it, whilst it is at the same time a
palatable and nutritious diet. These qualities are modified by the addition
of other of the matters referred to. In preparing the food for animals in a
generally healthy state I prefer to mix the seed or pulse of the lupin in about
equal quantities with linseed or other seed, corn, or pulse. For animals of a
constipated habit I prepare the food with a reduced quantity of the seed or
pulse of the lupin as compared with that of other seed, corn, or pulse. On
the contrary, for animals whose condition is relaxed, I prepare the food with
an increased quantity of the lupin in proportion to that of the other matters;
the proportions may however be considerably varied.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Mitchell in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th November 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
MITCHELL, of Northwold, near Brandon, in the County of Norfolk, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her beirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Mitchell, Her special licence, that I, the said William
Mitchell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Mitchell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IM-
PROVED FOOD FOR SHEEP AND OTHER ANIMALS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I the said William Mitchell, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Mitchell, do hereby declare
the nature of the said. Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
The Invention relates to obtaining food for sheep and ather animals from
the seed or pulse of the lupin with other seed or grain or pulse. For this
purpose I break, bruise, or grind the seed or pulse of the lupin so as to
separate or reduce it; I then mix therewith linseed, or wheat, or barley, or
beans or other seed, grain, or pulse in proportions adapted to the health or other
condition of the animal to be fed therewith, and I then submit the mixture to
powerful pressure to produce the desired amalgamation or combination by pre-
ference in the form of cake aided by heat or not, as the case may require, though
the mixture may also be used in the form of meal, In the form of biscuit it is
particularly suited for poultry or game as well as for sheep and other animals.
The lupin in itself is a bitter astringent, acting as a powerful tonic to create
appetite, with a tendency to strengthen the digestive organs of the animals
feeding on it, and whilst it is at the same time a palatable and nutritious diet.
These qualities are modified by the addition of other of the matters referred to.
In preparing this food for animals in a generally healthy state I prefer to.
mix the seed or pulse of the lupin in about equal quantities with linseed or
other seed, corn, or pulse. For animals of a constipated habit I prepare the
food with a reduced quantity of the seed or pulse of the lupin as compared
with that of other seed, corn, or pulse. On the contrary, for animals whose
condition is relaxed, I prepare the food with an increased quantity of the
lupin in proportion to that of the other matters; the proportions. may
however be considerably varied.
Having thus described my Invention, and means which I adopt in carrying
the same into, effect, I would have it understood that what I claim is, the use
of the seed or pulse of the lupin, combined with linseed or other seed or grain
or pulse as food for sheep or other animals, substantially as explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Mitchell, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
WILLIAM MITCHELL. (L.S.)