Production of a Friable Meal from Feathers

Charles H. Binkley and Otto R. Vasak

No 337210, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Experiments in which fresh waste feathers were treated by steam-pressure cooking and drying have yielded a friable, easily handled, stable meal. Analytical and cost studies, along with a limited commercial processing trial, indicate that the product is commercially feasible as a component of mixed fertilizers. Other uses--as a plaster retarder or as fire-control foam agent--have appeared possible in preliminary investigations. Information on the process, the product, and probable cost of manufacture is included in this report.

Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10
Date: 1950-06
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.337210

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