. Canadian forest industries January-June 1921. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. January 1, 1921 CANADA LUMBERMAN 50 do not know of any place where fuel briquets are now being manu- factured from sawdust. Cattle Food From Sawdust In the last issue of the "Canada Lumberman," a paragraph ap- peared on the probable use of sawdust. This is only one of dozens which have been printed in various papers from time to time. Surely the price of beef should drop if the new sawdust cattle food described by a food chemist to his associate
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1921. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. January 1, 1921 CANADA LUMBERMAN 50 do not know of any place where fuel briquets are now being manu- factured from sawdust. Cattle Food From Sawdust In the last issue of the "Canada Lumberman," a paragraph ap- peared on the probable use of sawdust. This is only one of dozens which have been printed in various papers from time to time. Surely the price of beef should drop if the new sawdust cattle food described by a food chemist to his associates at Chicago comes into vogue. A representative of the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin, reported that by the use of dilute sulphuric acid which was afterwards neutralized by lime, he was able to make a very satisfactory provender for the lowly kine out of the waste of the buzzsaw. After the lime and acid have been eliminated there remains a soft bran-like food containing about 15 per cent, of water and rich in sugars. Three cows at the laboratory took this ligneous diet on trust, believing it to be grain, and not only did they fatten on it for three months, but gave more milk. The United States Department of Agriculture was so pleased with the experiments at Madison laboratory, which is under its jurisdiction, that it has given directions for the repetition of the experiment on hundreds of cattle at various stations under its control throughout the United States. If the final tests are satisfactory any farmer who has a good woodlot need not worry over famine. Last week word came from the west that a roofing company would shortly build an addition to its plant for the purpose of making wallboards from sawdust and magnecite. Then the papers are flooded v/ith suggestions regarding the use of alcohol, and a correspondent from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, says: "As an old naval officer, waste is very objectionable to me and I recently sent the following inquiry to a
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