Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1901 — McCOY OF IOWA. [ARTICLE]

McCOY OF IOWA.

A Careful Cattle Feeder That /lade A Test. Shenandoah, lowa, Feb. 2, igoi. The following is the weight of 70 cattle fed from may Bth to Nov. 10, 1900, 30 head being fed Acme Food and 40 head without. Each lot fed the same amount of grain feed per head daily. When they went into the feeding lots the A;me Ftd steers averaged 1036 K lbs. The ones not fed Acme averaged io4jXlbs. The cattle that were fed the Acme Food made an average gain of 75 Ids. per month. Those not fed the food made art? average of 59 pounds per month. The cattle fed the Acme Food gained 16 lbs. per« month more on the same grain of rations. Cattle weighed within a pound of each other when they went into tfre lot. Cattie were weighed seperateiy each month. (Signed) James McKoy. It is generally estimated that one bushel of corn will produce 5 lbs. of beef. Mr. McKoy’s cattle fed Acme Food gained 59 lbs per head per month. Mr. McKoy says that the cattle were fed 12 bushels of corn per month per head, which shows that the cattle not fed Acme gained within a fraction of 5 lbs. on each bushel of com. You wrll also notice that the cattle fed Acme Food made an average gain of 75 lbs. on 12 bushels of corn, which shows they digested lbs. to each bushel of corn, or digested 24 per cent, more than the other lot. Statistics show that the average steer digests 60 per cent of his feed, therefore the cattle fed Acme Food digests 84 per cent, of their feed. Where there was 40 per cent, waste on one one lot, there was only 16 per cent, on the Acme Food lot. Acme Food is sold at Kressler’s Hitch Barn.