Abstract: Molasses, a fatty acid soap former such as yellow grease, a hard metallic soap former such as calcium oxide and a natural protein source such as cottonseed meal are blended and mixed to obtain a nutrient composition which sets to a hard block.

Abstract: In the preparation of an animal feed block, molasses and a water absorbent clay such as attapulgite clay are subjected to high speed shearing action to obtain a dispersion thereof and thereafter the dispersion is mixed with a water binding agent such as calcium sulfate hemihydrate, a hard metallic soap former such as calcium oxide, a fatty acid soap former such as yellow grease and one or more of the following: natural protein source such as cottonseed meal, non-protein nitrogen source such as urea, a phosphorous source such as phosphoric acid, and fat such as tallow to thereby obtain a nutrient composition which sets to a hard block.