An Improved Compressed Food for Horses, Cattle, and like Animals.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Compressed Food for Horses, Cattle, and like Animals.
I, GEORGE DRURY COLEMAN, of 7, King Street, Cheapside, in the County of
London. Merchant, 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:
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My invention consists in the composition and manufacture of a compressed
food for horses and cattle and other animals of like nature. The improved food is
not only highly nutritious and sustaining, but palatable to the animals, and is
hygienic and brings them into good condition. Further the said food is compressed
into blocks or tablets of such form and bulk as to render it so portable that a horse
can carry several day's supply without inconvenience. Also it is not readily
perishable and can be stored and kept good for long periods.
My improved food consists of the following ingredients combined together in
substantially the proportions stated and prepared for use as hereinafter explained.
The proportions given are not absolute, but for producing approximately one ton of
my improved food I find it most advantageous to use:-
1 Grain substances: such as oats, peas, maize, bailey or beans
and the like, or equivalently, foreign or Indian grains such as gram,
kooltie, and the like, or a mixture of any of the above 12 cwt
2. Oleaginous vegetable substances. preferably obtained from
triturated nuts, such for example as cocoanut, cashew, or gingelly
nuts, or a mixture of same-5 cwt.
3. Fruits such as taisins, currants, and the like-23 cwt. to 3 cwt.
To the above are added: :-
1. Condiments or spices; such as fenugrick, coriander seed, aniseed,
chiretta and the like, or a mixture of same-3 to 5 lbs.
2 Preservative, digestible and palatable substances, such as salt or
carbonate or phosphate of lime or a mixture of same- to 8 lbs.
In preparing the above ingredients for use, they are all well dried and separately
ground and reduced, and then thoroughly mixed together, in proportions sub-
stantially such as above stated The mixture is then divided up into suitable
portions or masses which are pressed and incorporated by any suitable mechanical
means into tablets or blocks of convenient size, form and weight. The moisture
necessary for their proper cohesion is supphed by the oleaginous ingredients
specified under heading (2) above The compressed tablets are subsequently baked
antil completely cooked and hardened When required for use the tablets are
broken up and served to the animals, diy, or mixed with hot or cold water. To
facilitate transport on horseback, holes for fixing cords may be punched in the
tablets during the process of manufacture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
nvention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
A compressed food for horses, cattle and like animals consisting of the herein

page_text: described composition of ingredients combined together in substantially the
proportions stated and prepared for use as above set forth
Dated this Seventh day of February 1899
For the Applicant,
J. C CHAPMAN,
Chartered Patent Agent, 70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.