Improved Manufacture of Cattle Food.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 11th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Manufacture of Cattle Food.
I, WILHELM SCHWARTZ, of 16 Heinichstrasse, Hannover, Germany, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It has been frequently proposed to utilise the nutritious constituents of molasses
and other saccharine liquids for the purposes of cattle food.
For this purpose the molasses have been mixed with suitable binding materials
such as the waste products of beet sugar manufacture, such as the dried cut roots
after pressing or lixiviation.
With food prepared in this manner however the disadvantage arises that the
very considerable percentage of potash salts contained in the molasses act
detrimentally on the animal organism.
The present invention has for its object the manufacture of a cattle food in
which the said detriment is avoided, and which at the same time can be brought
into a form which will enable it either to be used at once or stored for a long time.
For this purpose I have found peat particularly suitable for such a manufacture.
The organic acids contained in peat, in particular humic acid, have a neutralising
reaction upon the potash salts in molasses, and convert these into a compound that
has no detrimental action on the animal organism.
Peat itself contains a considerable quantity of nutritious constituents, while on
the other hand it has few inorganic constituents and none that are hurtful to
animals. Owing to the large percentage in peat of raw fibre the necessary diluent
is furnished thereby to the nutritious constituents contained in too condensed a
form in the molasses so as to facilitate the digestion thereof.
In consequence of the large power of absorption of the peat, a food can be
prepared therefrom both in a perfectly dry form, suitable for storing, and in a
moist form, pressed into cakes, suitable for immediate consumption.
Peat affords therefore in combination with molasses or equivalent saccharine
juices an article of food which is in every way suitable and wholesome, and at the
same time cheap.
For preparing the food, comminuted peat may be mixed with molasses or other
saccharine liquid until a moist mass is produced of such a consistency that it can
be pressed in any desired form for consumption.
When a greater quantity of peat is used a food is obtained that is well suited
for packing and storage. If it is desired to prepare a food suitable for long storage,
it is advisable to heat the molasses when mixing with the peat, or to impregnate
the solid peat with molasses.
Dated this 5th day of November 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Manufacture of Cattle Food.
I, WILHELM SCHWARTZ, of 16 Heinichstrasse, Hanover, Germany, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
It has been frequently proposed to utilise the nutritious constituents of molasses
and other saccharine liquids for the purposes of cattle food.

page_text: For this purpose the molasses have been mixed with suitable binding materials
such as the waste products of beet sugar manufacture, such as the dried cut roots
after pressing or lixiviation.
With food prepared in this manner however the disadvantage arises that the
very considerable percentage of potash salts contained in the molasses act
detrimentally in the animal organism.
The present invention has for its object the manufacture of a cattle food in
which the said detriment is avoided, and which at the same time can be brought
into a form which will enable it either to be used at once or stored for a long time.
For this purpose I have found peat particularly suitable for such a manufacture.
The organic acids contained in peat, in particular humic acid, have a neutralising
reaction upon the potash salts in molasses, and convert these into a compound that
has no detrimental action on the animal organism.
Peat itself contains a considerable quantity of nutritious constituents, while on
the other hand it has few inorganic constituents and none that are hurtful to
animals. Owing to the large percentage in peat of raw fibre the necessary diluent
is furnished thereby to the nutritious constituents contained in too condensed a
form in the molasses so as to facilitate the digestion thereof.
In consequence of the large power of absorption of the peat, a food can be
prepared therefrom both in a perfectly. dry form, suitable for storing, and in a
moist form, pressed into cakes, suitable for immediate consumption.
Peat affords therefore in combination with molasses or equivalent saccharine
juices an article of food which is in every way suitable and wholesome, and at the
same time cheap.
For preparing the food, comminuted peat may be mixed with molasses or other
saccharine liquid until a moist mass is produced of such a consistency that it can
be pressed in any desired form for consumption.
When a greater quantity of peat is used a food is obtained that is well suited
for packing and storage. If it is desired to prepare a food suitable for long storage,
it is advisable to heat the molasses when mixing with the peat, or to impregnate
the solid peat with molasses.
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 :-
1. A manufacture of cattle food composed of peat and molasses or similar
saccharine liquids, substantially as described.
2. The production of cattle food composed of peat and molasses or similar
saccharine liquid by reducing the peat to small fragments and then mixing the
same with molasses or other saccharine juices in any desired proportions, the
molasses being advantageously first heated, or the peat being impregnated with
the molasses and the product pressed in suitable moulds or packed in sacks or cases,
substantially as described.
SML 1905
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for Applicant.