| Show Wood as Livestock Live tock Feed In Many Foreign Lands Judging from reports received over a number of months in the theOffice theOffice theOffice Office of Foreign Agricultural Rela Rela- Relations Relations Relations wood as a source of livestock feed is gradually passing pa sing from an experimental stage into that of practical utilization in some Euro Euro- European European countries It is interesting to note that in inthis inthis inthis this development the development the result of many years of research and experimental experimental experimental mental work work wood wood is the basic material not only for a new type of carbohydrate feed but also for pro pro- protein protein protein tein feed The former is the so- so called feed cellulose produced from wood the latter is feed yeast obtained ob ob- obtained obtained from wood sugar and nitro nitro- nitrogenous nitrogenous nitrogenous genous materials by biological proc proc- esses Feed esses-Feed Feed cellulose as a pure carbo carbo- carbohydrate carbohydrate carbohydrate hydrate fodder is being produced on ona ona ona a fairly extensive scale in Sweden Norway and Finland It is estimated ed that upward of metric tons of feed cellulose will actually be fed in Norway during the cur cur- current current current rent year and that the quantity pro pro- produced produced produced and fed in Sweden will be even larger In Finland the output of feed cellulose per day is esti esti- estimated estimated estimated mated at metric tons which on onan onan onan an annual basis would be around metric tons Yet in spite of this large output the new feed is popular enough to have called forth a demand on the part of feed feed- feeders feeders feeders ers that cannot be fully satisfied |
