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Wood pulp fines fed to livestock
UNIVERSITY PARR -
Wood pulp fines, byproducts
of making tissue paper, can
partially replace the dietary
energy in forage and grains
normally fed to beef cattle
and sheep, according to
animal scientists at Penn
State.
Using these wood fines in
steer rations, Penn State
researchers saved as much
as 2.1 pounds of gram for
each pound of carcass
weight gam. Dr. Lowell L.
Wilson, professor of animal
science, termed the wood
pulp fines “a suitable and
inexpensive method of
reducing the energy and feed
costs of raising livestock.”
Wood pulp fines are
readily available in Nor
theastern Pennsylvania and
other areas of the nation
where tissue paper is
produced, it was reported.
One major paper products
company in Mehoopany,
Pa., for jxarople, generates
and "disposes of about 200
tons of wood pulp fines daily.
Fines have a high
moisture content averaging
75 to 77 per cent moisture, it
was explained. They have a
granular appearance
similar to soybean meal.
Fmes store well uncovered
outdoors, provided they are
not mixed with other feed
ingredients or nitrogen.
Fmes, and rations con
taining over 40 per cent
fmes, will freeze during
Winter unless protected or
stored inside.
Consisting primarily of
cellulose, fmes are well
digested by cudchewing
animals. Despite a high fiber
value, they have little or no
value as a roughage. Thus,
some standard roughage, 10
to 12 per cent, should be
mcluded m rations con
taining fines, especially
where lambs are fed.
The wood pulp fines have
been studied thoroughly at
Penn State in feeding steers
and lambs for market.
Heading up the experiments
was Paul G. Lemieux,
graduate assistant in animal
industries. The results are
published in the special Fall
energy issue of “Science m
Agriculture,” the quarterly
magazine of the Agricultural
Experiment Station at Penn
State.
Steers can be feed up to 40
per cent of the dry matter as
fines with satisfactory gams
and no adverse effects on
carcass traits, Lemieux
said. Lambs can be fed up to
66 per cent of the ration dry
matter as fines with no
detrimental effects on
weight gains or carcass
traits.
“Steer rations containing
over 40 per cent fines appear
to be useful for growing
rather than for finishing
rations,” Lemieux pointed
out.
Fines are low m crude
protein, 1.2 per cent on a dry
matter basis, and are low in
minerals with the exception
of sulfur and sodium.
Rations containing fines
usually require additional
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 2,1978
Wood stove
NEWARK, Del. - Because
more people m Delaware are
using wood as fuel, a wood
stove safety seminar is
scheduled for Wednesday,
December 6, at 7 p.m. in the
Christiana Fire Hall, located
at the intersection of routes 7
and 273 in Christiana, Del.
The seminar is designed
for mterested consumers as
well as dealers, building
protein m the form of either
true protein or non-protein
mtrogen. Macrominerals
calcium, phosphorus,
potassium, and magnesium
and several trace minerals
may need to be sup
plemented with feeding
fines. Where green forage is
not fed, vitamins A and D
may also need to be added.
Details of the various
feeding trails are found m
the “Science in Agriculture”
article. Copies of the Fall
energy issue are available
from the Mailing Room, 112
Agricultural Administration
Building, University Park,
Pa. 16802.
December
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combine) before the end of
the estimated useful life he
used m computing the credit,
he must recompute the
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life. He must then increase
the tax liability for the
disposition year by the
difference between the
credit taken in all affected
years, and the recomputed
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