AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR CATTLE FOOD
Year: 1868

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles John Chaplin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 12th November 1868.- A communication from abroad by
Edward Chaplin and Edward Payne, both of the City of Montreal,
in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada.
I, CHARLES JOHN CHAPLIN, of Bucklersbury, in the City of London,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
COMPOSITION FOR CATTLE FOOD," a communication to me from abroad by
Edward Chaplin and Edward Payne, both of the City of Montreal,
in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved composition of organic
substances to be used as food for cattle, such food being rendered
capable of preserving its nutritious qualities for a considerable
period.
The Invention is based upon the principle of mixing the refuse of grain
used in brewing or distilling, or other pulp, peas meal, bran, or other

page_text: farinaceous and aromatic substances, or treating, the refuse matter in
the same manner but without the addition of other substances. It is a
well known fact that a large quantity of refuse arises from the operation
of distillation where the various descriptions of grain are employed,
and which to a certain extent is economized or utilized as food for
cattle in the form of slops, while on the other hand the large amount of
refuse arising from the employment of beets, potatoes, carrots, and other
vegetables in the process of distillation can only be kept or used as
food for cattle for a limited time on account of the decay which shortly
follows the operation, the same remark applying also to the slops or
refuse of grain as above mentioned.
The object of this Invention is the preservation of this refuse matter
by a process to be described and resulting in a composition of matter of
great value as food for cattle and horses, and in a concentrated form,
by which decay is prevented and the food rendered portable.
The process of manufacture may be carried out in various ways; I
prefer, however, to use the following:-After the operation of mashing
and the completion of the fermentation usual in the process of distil-
lation from raw or malted grain, vegetables, or otherwise, I propose
to separate the fluid portion of the wash, beer, wine, or cider from the
grains or solid matter by passing the same through a hair or other
strainer arranged for the purpose, after which I subject the solid matter
to gentle pressure, either by passing the matter through rollers or their
equivalents to rid it of the greater proportion of moisture; I then pass
it into a tub or other vessel furnished with an agitator; in this vessel I
add to the mass a proportion of linseed meal, peas meal, bran, or other
farinaceous material, also aromatic substance, such for instance as
carraway seed, cummin seeds, possessing essential oils or preserving
properties, which at the same time impart a flavour to the composition.
The following are about the proportions of the various ingredients
employed in the composition to make 2,000 pounds of food, viz., refuse
being deprived of moisture, 1,672 lbs.; linseed or farinaceous substances,
300 lbs.; aromatic substances, 28 lbs. The ingredients are then
thoroughly mixed or incorporated by the motion of the rake or agitator;
I then transfer the material either in bags or otherwise to a press, and
subject it to sufficient pressure to express the remaining fluid and form
it into solid cakes, which may be accomplished by hydraulic pressure
or otherwise, as may be most desirable. The cakes so pressed are then

page_text: subjected to a stove heat in a kiln or room arranged for the purpose
of removing any remaining moisture. The composition is then ready
for usc for cattle. A good article of food may also be obtained from
the refuse by simply depriving it of the moisture in the manner indicated
without the addition of the other materials, and afterwards either sub-
mitting it to pressure or not as thought desirable.