Ethanol corn gluten recipe.

TexasBred said:

“if it's .73% consistently all you have to do is make sure that enough hay is fed to the cattle to dilute this amount down to .4% or lower.”
And I say:
OK, I select “lower“.
The S requirement for beef cattle is 0.15 to 0.2% total dietary S.
So lets use .15 % instead of your .4%, just in case there is some S in their water and/or hay.
How many pounds of .73% of corn gluten would you add to 1,000 lbs of hay to bring the S down to .15%?

A. 100 lbs
B. 200 lbs
C. 500 lbs
D. other

Pawn,
Assuming the hay contains no S, 1000 pounds of hay must dilute the corn gluten's S by 0.73/0.15 = 4.8667 times.
So, if amount of gluten is X,
(X + 1000)/X = 4.8667 or X + 1000 = 4.8667X
Collecting X gives
4.8667X - X = 1000, which simplifies to 3.8667X = 1000
so
X = 1000/3.8667 = 258.6 pounds of gluten for 1000 pounds of hay.
Seán

Sean,

Thanks, I knew I could count on you.
I O U a Dr. Pepper.
Pawn