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The digestibility of straw pulp

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. S. Ferguson
W. S. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Jealott’s Hill Research Station, Bracknell, Berks.
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The treatment of cereal straws with dilute NaOH solutions has been developed in this country as a means of increasing the supply of digestible carbohydraten food for cattle. Watson (1941) has dealt with the principles of the treatment and has given a brief outline of the process, and it is not proposed to discuss the process or developmental work here. It is sufficient to say that the recommended standard process consists of soaking chopped cereal straw in 10 times its weight of 1·2–1·5 % NaOH solution for periods up to 22 hr., removing the soaked material from the liquor and washing free of NaOH.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , July 1943 , pp. 174 - 176
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1943

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References

* Trials in which the supplementary food was casein.

† Three trials with cake and four trials with casein.