| 摘要 |
1,160,430. Preserving crops and animal feeds. BP CHEMICALS (U.K.) Ltd. 15 Nov., 1967 [23 Dec., 1966], No. 57698/66. Headings A2B, A2D and A2Q. A method of preventing the growth of mould in crops or animal feedstuffs comprises treating the crop or feedstuff with a mould inhibiting quantity of formic or acetic acid or a binary or ternary mixture of formic, acetic acid and propionic acids, the amount of acid being added being less than 15% by weight of the dry crop or feedstuff and the moisture content of the crop or feedstuff after the addition of the acid or acids being not greater than 50% by weight. The acids may be used in the form of aqueous solutions. The crop or feedstuff may be wheat, oats, rye, barley, hay, maize, fishmeal, ground nuts, soya beans, sunflower seed, rape seed, rice and tick beans. |
