FOOD FROM STRAW

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 April 1940, Page 9

FOOD FROM STRAW

NOTABLE FARMING DISCOVERY. The process of converting straw and matured grass'into animals’ food, devised by Mr H. T. Price, the Australian scientist, has greatly impressed experts 'of Britain's Ministry of Agriculture. I They expressed the view that it had great possibilities. They considered the discovery of particular importance in view of the shortage of animal feeding stuffs in Britain since the outbreak of war. The Ministry of Agriculture has promised to arrange for trials of the treated straw and grass on animals at various centres when a sufficient quantity is available. Unlike many processes being investigated at present. Mr Price's method of dealing with the straw and grass is neither bacteriological nor chemical, but is on entirely novel lines. The straw or matured grass, by treatment of the indigestible elements, is converted into the form of meal. The meal provides roughage, and has no actual'fattening value, but treated in this manner will keep stock alive for some time.

Mixed with albumen and other products derived from waste, treated straw is a valuable feeding stuff. The process is not costly. 'A single unit treats ten tons of straw or grass an hour at a cost of 15s a ton.