Re: soybean meal

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

As soon as the drum is opened, the contents should be transferred to smaller
containers filled to the top. Transferring to jugs from the drum as you go
along allows air to be introduced to the drum. By the time the drum is half
empty, it is half filled with air. I am not aware of any container with a
moveable air tight 'lid'. Perhaps 10 5 gallon buckets and 5 1 gallon jugs
would be the solution.


Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>
To: suendavid@worldnet.att.net <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>; Ride Camp
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: soybean meal


>Actually, I didn't start taking it for the E itself but for the soy in
it... I had to
>buy the real stuff not the fake stuff.  I was having bad nightsweats.  When
I take this
>regularly and don't forget, I don't have the night sweats...so the soy was
the purpose
>in taking the E.  And it was our plan to fill smaller jugs as we needed
them from the
>big barrel but it was/is my concern to keep it from going bad.  We don't
have a problem
>with our smaller jugs, we keep them in a cool, dark place (haven't had to
worry much
>about THAT lately!!) but I want the stuff to stay good for as long as we
need it.  I
>will ask them about the airtight thing and see what they can tell me about
managing
>that!!  Thanks, Susan!
>Maggie
>
>Susan Evans Garlinghouse wrote:
>
>> I think the main problem you'll have in buying a 55 gallon drum is how
>> to avoid the large amount of air space inside the drum as you use it up,
>> which is going to really increase the rate at which it goes
>> rancid/oxidizes.  I usually suggest that people not buy more than they
>> can use up in about two weeks time.  However, if you can either pour it
>> into smaller jugs, or somehow keep the 55 drum airtight with no air
>> introduced as you use it up, then that would be fine.  95% of the
>> benefit you're looking for in feeding fats is the caloric density of it,
>> and so the source of the oil doesn't matter nearly as much as the
>> quality of the oil.  So soybean oil is fine.
>>
>> As far as the vitamin E content, you might want to check with your
>> doctor again about that...soybeans (or soybean oil) have a fairly low E
>> content, although it's commonly used as a carrier for other forms of
>> vitamin E.  So soybean oil itself would not be a source for E, you'd
>> have to supplement that elsewhere.
>>
>> Susan G
>>
>> Maggie Mieske wrote:
>> >
>> > I don't know about the meal but the nutritionist for the local feed
store that I
>> > consulted suggested that since I feed oil, I might want to consider
using soybean
>> > oil.  I can get that even cheaper than the vegetable oil as the feed
place can buy
>> > it in 55 gallon drums... we are checking out how many people we have
converted to
>> > using oil (we have suggested it to several of our clients...hubby is a
farrier) to
>> > see if we'll use it up fast enough.  Perhaps Susan has some info on
soybean oil?
>> > I know my dr. prescribed Vitamin E for me, the "real" kind made from
soybean oil
>> > for some hormonal problems and it works!!!  Would soybean oil like that
have the
>> > benefits of added Vitamin E?  Any additional info is appreciated!
>> > Maggie
>> >
>> > BREJD@aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> > >   Does anyone feed soybean meal for weight gain??? I have feed it to
my foals
>> > > when I wean them and to my endurance horses and they seem to hold
their weight
>> > > better.
>> > >  I dont know if it really helps, but my vet said to give it a try. My
babies
>> > > look great, and my endurance horses are fat.
>> > >    Dory
>> > >
>