FODDER FROM WOOD PULP

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25565, 19 June 1944, Page 6

FODDER FROM WOOD PULP

SWEDEN SOLVES DAIRY PROBLEM "An interesting example of how science has assisted in solving problems brought about by war conditions comes from Sweden," states the fiftieth annual report of the National Dairy Association. " This country depended very largely on Importations for its supplementary stock foods, and it may be said that the farmers would have been in a very bad way if scientists and industrialists had not combined to evolve a nutritious cattle fodder from wood fibre, of which there are unlimited supplies available. . " Raw wood has no food value whatever, but in the form of fodder cellulose it has definite nutritive value, which is often ■ further improved by the addition of a percentage of molasses and sometimes also phosphates or salt. Hundreds of thousands of tens of this cattle food have been produced during the war, and, whilst it is certainly a war-time emergency product, the scientific development is 'such that competent authorities consider it has distinct possibilities even in normal times. "Alcohol is also a by-product obtained during the process of making fodder cellulose,” the report states, " and the fact that up to 33 gallons are secured from each ton of pulp enables the fodder to be sold at a fairly low price.”