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A process for the manufacture of a clumpable, highly water absorbent litter product wherein hormite is mixed with sodium smectite clay and a basic reacting alkali metal compound. The mixture is then kneaded, extruded and dried to produce the litter product. Also a clumpable, highly water absorbent l

A process for the manufacture of a clumpable, highly water absorbent litter product wherein hormite is mixed with sodium smectite clay and a basic reacting alkali metal compound. The mixture is then kneaded, extruded and dried to produce the litter product. Also a clumpable, highly water absorbent litter product which contains as its principal components hormite, sodium smectite and from about 1 to about 3 percent basic reacting alkali metal compound.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A process for forming a water absorbing, clumpable litter product comprising(a) preparing a hormite clay product with a moisture content of less than about 60 percent;(b) mixing sodium smectite with the hormite to form a mixture such that from about 5 to about 30 percent of the mix

[ We claim:] [1.] A process for forming a water absorbing, clumpable litter product comprising(a) preparing a hormite clay product with a moisture content of less than about 60 percent;(b) mixing sodium smectite with the hormite to form a mixture such that from about 5 to about 30 percent of the mixture on a dry weight basis is sodium smectite;(c) adding at least about 0.1 percent of a basic reacting alkali metal compound, by dry weight, to the mixture to form a preliminary product;(d) kneading the preliminary product; and(e) drying the preliminary product to produce the water absorbing, clumpable litter product.