Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1903 — The Rensselaer Feed Store. [ARTICLE]

The Rensselaer Feed Store.

Began the sale of hominy meal in September, 1001. In the community it was a pew feed and had to be introduced. However, progressive farmers were willing to give it a trial and those who at first took a few sacks fall fa try, now haul it off by the ton, and in 18 months from the beginning of its sale we have sold over 10 car loads, averaging 20 tons to the car or 200 tons in all, at an average price of $25 per ton, making a total of |5,000 worth sold here. To some this may seem like a large amount, but in many localities where it is known, many times this amount has been sold in the same length of time. Hominy meal is made from the best grade of white corn and is principally the heart of same and contains double the amount of oil or fat found in ground corn. The following certificate of anylsis accompanifflTeaoh car load we receive: HOMINY MEAL ANALYSIS. Decatur, 111., Feb. 2, 1903. This is to certify, That Big 4 Car No. 9366 shipped to A. L. Branch contains 50,030 lbs. of Bulk Hominy Meal loaded this and day of February, 1903. According to chemical anylsis this Hominy Meal contains: Moisture 8 per cent; fat 9.63 per cent: proteui 12.34 per cent. The chemist’s report states that the ingredients determined and given in above analysis are present in normal quantities. The license laws of the state of New York and New Jersey have been complied with. American Hominy Co. W. L. Shellabarger, Secy. TESTIMONIALS. Rensselaer, Ind., Jan. 1, 1903. To whom it may concern: I have fed over twenty tons of hominy meal to fattening hogs and find they fatten very rapidly on it. I have thoroughly tested it as a hog feed on a drove of large hogs. I made a net gain of 55 pounds in 55 days, an average of 33 pounds per day. I can recommend hominy meal as an excellent feed for hogs. Jay W. Stockton. Rensselaer, Ind#, Jan. 22, 1903. A. L. Branch, Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Sir: I have been feeding your hominy meal to my hogs and find it far superior to corn for fattening purposes. It is also cheaper because a hog will put on flesh much faster on the same weight of feed than on corn. I advise any one desiring to finish off his hogs in a hurry to feed hominy meal. J. F. Meader. R. F. D. No. 2. A. L. Branch: • I have fed hominy meal to hogs and think it is the best and most economical feed I ever fed. W. H. Beaver. I have fed hominy meal and I find hogs fatten rapidly upon it. I can recommend it as a good feed. R. J. Yeoman. I am feeding hominy meal and bran—three parts meal and one part bran—to my dairy cows and find they give more milk and keep in better flesh than on any other feed I have ever found. I can recommend it as an excellent feed.

SYLVESTER GALBRETH.