A New or Improved Material as Food for Animals and the Method of Preparing same.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 7th Mar., 1899--Accepted, 15th Apr., 1899
[Communicated from abroad by JAMES STIRRAT COCHRAN, of Columbia Avenue,
Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Engineer]
A New or Improved Material as Food for Animals and the Method of
Preparing same.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK THOMPSON, of 29, Newstead Road, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows.
This invention relates to the preparation of a new article as a food for cattle
and the like and consists in the utilization and employment for such purpose of
a certain constituent of the sugar cane after the juice has been expressed there-
from
My correspondent has found that the fibrous portion of the sugar cane when
properly prepared when freed from all pithy matter forms a valuable and
nutritious food for cattle and that it may be employed either as a simple food as
a substitute for dried grass or hay or as an ingredient of compound foods in either
the meal or compressed cake form
He has also found a new and valuable use for the said pithy matter which con-
stitutes the subject of a separate application for Letters Patent
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Prior to this discovery the spent cane or Bagasse" was regarded as being of
little value except as fuel and to the best of my knowledge and belief has hitherto
only been employed for such purpose This invention enables the utilization of
bagasse to greater advantage than heretofore by obtaining therefiom products
having valuable dietetic and other properties
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In carrying the said invention into effect the " bagasse" is subjected to a dis-
integrating process similar to that technically known as pickering by which
the fibrous part is loosened and the pithy part separated therefrom. The fibrous
portion 19 further subjected to an aspirating or winnowing process for the purpose
of separating therefrom all remaining pithy matter, it is then in a fit state for
use as a substitute for hay or may be cut or ground up into a species of meal and
mixed with other materials and employed in the manufacture of compound cake
or other like food for animals
Dated the fith day of Tune 1808

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do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same 18
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:-
This invention relates to the preparation of a new article as a food for cattle
and the like, and consists in the utilization and employment for such purpose of
a certain constituent of the sugar cane after the juice has been expressed there-
from
My correspondent has found that the fibrous part of the sugar cane when pro-
perly prepared, e freed from all or nearly all pithy matter, forms a valuable
and nutritious food for cattle and other animals fowls etc and that it may be
employed as a simple food, as a substitute for dried grass or hay or as an ingredient
of compound foods in either the meal or compressed cake form.
He has also found a new and valuable use for the said pithy matter which
constitutes the subject matter of a separate application for Letters Patent No 12684
of 1898
Prior to this discovery the spent sugar cane or "bagasse" was regarded as being
of little value except as fuel and to the best of my knowledge and belief has hither-
to only been emploved for such purpose This invention enables the utilization
of bagasse to greater advantage than heretofore by obtaining therefrom products
having valuable dietetic and other properties
In carrying the said invention into effect the bagasse is subjected to a disin-
tegrating process analogous to that technically termed "pickering" by which the
fibrous part is loosened and the pithy part separated therefrom The fibrous
part is then further subjected to a process of aspirating or winnowing for the
purpose of separating therefrom all remaining loose pithy matter; it is then in a
condition fit for use as a substitute for hay or may be cut up into "chaff" or ground
into a species of meal and mixed with other materials and employed in the manu-
facture of compound cake or other food for animals.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
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1 As a new article of manufacture the utilization and method of treating
bagasse or spent sugar cane and the preparation therefrom of a food or con-
stituent of food for cattle and the like, substantially as herein described
2 A food for cattle and the like consisting wholly of the fibrous part or con-
stituent of the spent sugar cane or bagasse, prepared and freed from the pithy part
or constituent thereof, substantially as herein described
3 A food for cattle and the like consisting of the fibrous part or constituent of
the spent sugar cane or bagasse, disintegrated and freed from the pithy part or
constituent thereof, cut or otherwise prepared and combined with other elements
or compounds substantially as herein described
Dated this 6th day of March 1899.