Patent ID: 8800495

Claim:
A method of producing an animal litter, comprising: providing at least 90% of corncob particles by weight; providing at least 0.1% of clumping agent by weight; and providing at least 0.1% of an odor control agent by weight; obtaining a water solution of the odor control agent, wherein the odor control agent is soyaethyl morpholinium ethosulfate; then spraying the water solution of the odor control agent onto the corncob particles; then mixing a result of the spraying with the clumping agent to create a moist litter, wherein the clumping agent is applied at a slow enough rate of application so as to create a moist litter that is, prior to an animal leaving waste on the litter, free of clumps; and then permitting at least some water in the moist litter to evaporate from the moist litter while leaving the odor control agent adhering to the corncob particles; thereby achieving a well distributed odor control agent without exhausting the function of the clumping agent in the animal litter.