AN IMPROVED PREPARATION OF FOOD FOR ANIMALS, GAME, AND POULTRY
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Wylam, of Henry Street, Tooley Street,
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Manufacturer, for an Invention of
"AN IMPROVED PREPARATION OF FOOD FOR ANIMALS, GAME, AND
POULTRY."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Wylam at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th October 1881.
EDWARD WYLAM, of Henry Street, Tooley Street, Southwark, in the County of
Surrey, Manufacturer. "AN IMPROVED PREPARATION OF FOOD FOR ANIMALS,
GAME, AND POULTRY."
This Invention relates to the manufacture and preparation of a new food for dogs
and other animals, and for game and poultry.
In carrying out this Invention I take about one part by weight of the fruit of
the date palm, thirteen parts of wheat flour, two parts oat meal, one part lentil
flour, three parts of animal matter, such as the flesh of animals, a small quantity of
sulphur and of phosphate of lime, and of a suitable preparation of iron, such, for
example, as carbonate of iron, and of spices. With this compound I mix, in any
convenient manner, as much beetroot as will amount to about one tenth in weight
of the whole. This beetroot having been first cleaned is crushed, pulped, or ground
in any suitable manner, for the better admixture with the rest of the materials
employed. These ingredients are then well mixed together, sufficient water being
added to bring the whole to a pasty consistency, this paste being afterwards baked
and converted into bread, cakes, or biscuits, and when so converted is ready for
use. • Some of the above ingredients may be dispensed with, and the proportions of
all may be varied, but in all cases the new food is intended to contain a very
considerable portion of beetroot.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edward Wylam in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 11th April
1882.
EDWARD WYLAM, of Henry Street, Tooley Street, Southwark, in the County of
Surrey, Manufacturer. "AN IMPROVED PREPARATION OF FOOD FOR ANIMALS,
GAME, AND POULTRY."
This Invention relates to the manufacture and preparation of a new food for dogs
and other animals, and for game and poultry.
In carrying out this Invention I will state, as an example, the proportions of the
various ingredients employed in the production of a mass of about twenty four
hundredweight. For this purpose I take about 13 cwt. of wheat flour, about
2 cwt. of oatmeal, about 1 cwt. of lentil flour, about 3 cwt. of animal matter, such,
for example, as the flesh of animals, about one cwt. of the fruit of the date palm,
about two pounds of sulphur, about two pounds of phosphate of lime, about two
'pounds of a suitable preparation of iron, such, for example, as carbonate of iron,
and about one quarter of a pound of a suitable "spice," such, for instance, as essence
of peppermint. To the above ingredients or compound I add, in any convenient
manner, as much beetroot as will amount to about 10 th in weight of the whole.
This beetroot having been first cleaned is crushed, pulped, or ground in any suitable
manner, for the better admixture with the rest of the materials employed. These
ingredients are then well mixed together, sufficient water being added to bring the
whole to a pasty consistency, after which the paste so obtained is baked and
converted into bread, cakes, or biscuits, and when so converted is ready for use.
Some of the above ingredients may be dispensed with, and the proportions of all
may be varied, as, for instance, an increased quantity of oatmeal may be used, and
a less proportion of lentil flour, but in all cases the improved preparation of food is
intended to contain a very considerable portion of beetroot.
It should. be understood that by the term "beetroot" as used in this my
Specification, is intended any varieties of the root known as the beta vulgaris,
including that commonly called mangel wurzel.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that what I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the bereinbefore in part
recited Letters Patent is,-
The improved preparation of food for animals, game, and poultry, consisting of
prepared beet root, the fruit of the date palm and farinaceous, animal, and mineral
substances, and spices, substantially as hereinbefore described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Wylam, have to this my Specification
set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of April, One thousand eight
hundred and eighty two.
EDWARD WYLAM. (L.S.)