Binding agent, bodies made by binding of divided material and manufacture of such bodies.

摘要

There is disclosed a method of making up an animal feedstuff in pelleted form, comprising mixing together a plurality of nutritional ingredients in powdered, granular, comminuted or the like form, together with a binding agent comprising plaster of Paris and a urea-formaldehyde resin and in the presence of water and a catalyst for the resin, forming the mixture into pellets or cakes, and allowing the pellets or cakes to set. The use of the binder disclosed allows the composition of the feedstuff to be determined by dietary considerations without regard to the mechanical and adhesive properties of the nutritional components.