Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1903 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Like A Mighty Army Two Hundred Thousand Feeders. 220 Prize Winners America’s Greatest Feeders and Breeders—feed the ' —f t ACME FOOD SS

Acme Food. ■‘Money makes the mare go” So with the getting, get the ‘ ‘mon’/! “The best policy, is honesty” And herein And an honest one. If you’r a Dealersell a winner That has merit froin the start; If a Feteder, use the Acme; In its winnings share a part. And the Breeder joins the Farmer In the words, “It plays to feed” — Whether Dealer, Bleeder, Feeder, Acme Food’s the sttjiff you need. You ask uswhy? We’re glad you may, “ ‘Tis chewing proves the cake,” Acme Food will make stock ‘ ‘chew. ’ ’ Put on flesh, make tender steak; It hastens growth and quickens sales And saves you grain thereby, There’s health and flesh and finish, too, In the Acme Food you buy, If fed with grain, to stock, all kinds, The stock has thrift and growth With added finish, and added weight;. Make Feeders time and money, both. If “testing proves the pudding” We point you t 6 our scales; If testimonies seeking, Ask the Feeders with the scales. Shippers, with the market toppers Commission men, who feed and weigh, Breeders, who get fancy prices, Farmers, feeding' Acme, for the pay. See the verdict of the Judges. At the Stock Shows, high and low; Get in line to sell Acme; Feed it yourself,'the proof to know. By L. R. Murray.

-4> —‘S'— <£> —i§t —ii&P . .... GREETING: t ——rgi——r*.—csi——tjj M ‘S’ —'I 1 ‘S’ ‘S’ „ We wish to thank all of our customers for the many evidences of appreciation of the merits of Acme Food, expressed by them and to those who as yet, through slack of opportunity, have not been able to avail themselves of its benefits; and to all we extend our greeting and hopes for their continued prosperity and share of success. „—- —— i_ The phenomenal popularity Acme h ood has attained, is due to the fact that it is manufactured on honor —sold on merit—substitute oil meal at one third the cost —aids'digestion gives finish and pays to feed. | It Acme Food is fed regularly it will warrant a well fattened and finished animal, It -is fed with perfect safety to all classes of animals and at all times with profit. The investment is small—the returns are large and sure. The Good Listener The Good Observer The Good Thinker The Good Figurer is the man who reaps success today. \ You are feeding for the profit the business affords. The facts and figures herein submitted we know you will find worthy of your careful thought and consideration.

Two Car Loads of Acme Food Sold oat of Rensselaer Since October last. Who feeds the Acme Eood, and what do they feed it for?

James Yeoman, William-M urr ay ' James Pierce i Omer Kenton Hugh Brosnahan Siihon Cbupp Benjamin Harris Joseph Lane Alfred Hoover Mich Robinson Dr. E. C. English Harman Clark Jessie Gwin Barney Comer A. J. Freeland -

James T. Randle William Burns William Hojuier"" Augustus Yeoman James Babcock Lyman Barce Charley Moody Robert Yeoman Cbas Burbage Carr Bros. E.P. Hemtn James Lane Vincent Eisle Russell Harmon John Mauck

\ Feeding and Management of Cattle. # Since twenty years the cattle business has under gone a great # ehaftge. Vast herds ranged over the western plains, and inatural grasses and plants was their only food. This unprecedented expansion brought good prices in thi states. The cattle business everywhere was profitable. It matteied little whether the steer ate one-half or one-third of a bushel of corn per day. There was a wider range for profit and the little deft tails of feeding were not thought of. # A Ten years ago the cattle on the plains had increased amazingf Ty. Transportation brought a new state of conditions. The f thousands reared on the range met the home cattle at the mar- ' kets and sold according to supply and demand, quality alone being the ranging factor. There were but two ways of meeting j i the conditions, producing high quality and cheapening the cost ( i of production. 11 During the last ten years excellent progress has been made in 11 both directions, production, of course commanding the greatest i • attention.

Acme Food Should bo Fed.

j Pigs and Acme Food, |. The profits are in the extra; the extra pigs we keep thrifty, the extra pigs we market with good gain, the extra pigs we feed and fatten, which would, if not properly cared for, return no profit, that then represent the extra. ,If you have one hundred pigs, you generally figure if you get ninety to market in good shape that you have done well; it then takes 10 per cent for you to do business —pretty big interest, isn’t it? If those ninety pigs at six months bring you S9OO, then if the other ten were just as good, had lived, had eaten enough to sustain life, had cost you just as much to keep as the other you would have had SIOOO. Do you now see that-the profits are in the extras? Some of these pigs digestive organs were not so strong as the other; they need ACME FOOD to aid digestion; some of those pigs became constipated, they ate more or less decayed vegetation, which caused a mucus to form in the inner intestines; that mucus generated worms; the pigs had gone from bad to worse. You had lost the extras —whereas, by feeding ACME FOOD from birth y’ou could have overcome these difficulties at a cost of 3 cents per month or only $lB-00 on one hundred pigs from birth until six months of age. If you place two more pigs on the profits side you are a gainer. You cannot run the risk of scours, constipation, indigestion and worms —and possibilities of pigs being off of feed for ever so short a period as two days, for the total cost of feeding ACME FOOD from birth to maturity-3cts per month_lßcts per head.

ACME FOOD should be fed as a part of the daily ration to all animals, grain being a concentrated solid food* the resu:t of cultivation is, in reality, an unnatural and artifical food for grass eating animals, as the horse, cow and sheep, when in their natural state, live wholly upon grasses. To substantiate our statement, the animal taken from the range must be taught to eat all classes of grain feed, then judgment and care must be used to avoid bad results. It requires a very large amount of the digestive fluids to properly convert or change all kinds of grain into a liquid state, which they must be converted into that the value and energy of the lite giving principle the grain contains may be released and amalgamated or mixed with the liquids of the stomach, enter the blood current and become a part of the animal organism. Experience has shown tljat with the horse it requires two pounds of saliva to sufficiently moisten one pound of grain that may be swallowed and conveyed into the stomach. These suggestions show to us the necessity of assisting the animal to handle the solid unnatural grain, and by feeding ACME FOOD it aids digestion, increases the feeding value of the grain feed 15 to 25 per cent, and saves waste. When preparing your horse for spring work ACME FOOD should be fed—they shed better, the young horse shedding teeth is- kept on a better appetite for %c per day. 15 cents per month. The horse fed twelve quarts of feed and a ration of ACME FOOD can be kept in better condition, do better work, and be better every way than he can be kept on fifteen quarts of feed alone. Indigestion, heaves, bad condition, rough coat all come from the animal’s stomach being unable to handle the grain, combined with iriegular and injudicious feeding. Worms are result of bad condition, a mucous forming in the inner intestines which generates them. By feeding ACME FOOD two or three times the regular ration for a period of seven to ten days it improves the condition enables the animal to throw off that mucous —the cause is removed—the worms are gone, your colt or hors<s feels better, does better, the running expense has been reduced.

' 1 In taking up the question of production we refer to statistics, I [ which show that the average animal digests 60 per cent, of his 1 J feed, leaving a waste of 40 per cent —too large a waste for good ], profit. According to Wolff, of Germany it requires 17% lbs of j | feed to sustain life in a thousand pound steer. This represents , i the running expense of your business. Wolff also tells us that II it requires 27 pounds of feed for a fattening ox of one thousand 1 > lbs for the first period. i 1 This tells us that but 9 % pounds are left to produce gain, i' If, for example, the steer gams on this ration 2 % pounds per ' [ day, and should he lose in appetite pounds per day he is J [ losing one-half his gain. You will see at a glance that the j i science of stock feeding is to aid digestion, and increase the , i value of the grain feed —to keep the animal on a full ancl even , i appetite, thereby shortening the feeding period. 1 ; flow food Supplies thtw Demands ± \ L__lt aids digestion, increases the value of the grain feed from ( i 15 to 25 per cent, and saves the greater part of the waste referred 11 to, as scale tests have always proved: I i It gives the animal a relish for his feed, keeps him on a full ( 1 even appetite and produces a finish worth from 15 to 25 cents II per hundred. It is added to all classes of grain feed, including ( [ cotton seed, at the rate of one cent to each bushel of corn, or ' j 25 cents per month per steer. j i It requires ten degrees more animal heat to digest cotton seed , i than com, according to the Texas Experimental Station. It is, A therefore, more essential to add Acme Feed when feeding cotton J seed.

# READ THE SCALE TESTS, i #

Parker, Mo., April 18, 1899. Acme Food Co., Chicago, 111. Gentleman. —We made a scale test with the following results, feeding 20 head of cattle ACME FOOD and 20 head without: February 21, 1899, Lot No. 1 weighed 15,750 lbs. February 21, 1899, Lot No. 2 weighed 14,920 lbs. After feeding 30 dajs they were weighed again and Lot No. 1 fed ACME FOOD weighed 16,669 lbs., making a gain of 910 lbs. Lot No. 2 not fed ACME FOOD weighed 15,350 lbs., making a gain of 430 lbs. Extra gain on 20 head fed ACME FOOD 30 days 480 lbs Figuring beef at 4)4 per lb equals $21.80 Cost of feeding 50 lbs. ACME; FOOD 30 days 5.00 Which shows a net profit on an investment of $5.00 of. .$16.80 The scales showed the cattle fed ACME FOOD gairted 4-5 lbs. per head per day more. , Bros. N. B.—We purchased 2,000 lbs. more ACME FOOD for Spring and Summer feeding. , - * f

Shenandoah, lowa, Feb. 2,1901. Q The following is the weight of 70 cattle fed from May Bth to November 10th, 1900, a period of six months and two days, 30 head fed ACME FOOD and 40 head without. Each steer fed the same amount of grain feed. May 8, 1900, 30 steers fed ACME FOOD averaged.. 1046 1-3 lbs September 12th cattle averaged I 1343 2-3 lbs November 10th cattle averaged 14% 2-3 lbs May 8, 1900 40 steers NOT FED Acme Food averaged. 1045# lbs September 12 cattle averaged 1291 lbs November 10 cattle averaged 1403 lbs Therefore the cattle fed ACME FOOD made AN EXTRA GAIN of 15 lbs per month on the same amount of grain feed. Yours truly, Jambs McKoy. there is Only One Acme food.

| i Sutherland, lowa, March 21, 1900. ( i Acme Food Co., Chicago, 111. i Gentlemen: I made a scale test on 185 head of steers, and I • am feeding corn fodder and straw. Commenced feeding Feb. i ' 19, 1900. i | Feb. 19, 90 head not feed Acme Feb. 19, 90 head fed Acme Food I Food weighed. 102,950 lbs weighed........ 104,280 lbs | ( March 19, weighed. 109,610 lbs March 19, weighed. 112,6001bs \ | Total gain.. 6,660 lbs Total gain. .8,300 lbs ( i Average gain, 74 lbs. per head Average gain, 87)4 lbs per I I per month. head per month. i i Gain in favor of cattle fed Acme Food, 18)4 lbs per head per < 1 month. Purchased 2,000 lbs. more to feed 270 head. < 1 Respectfully yours, Frank Dodge.

EVERETT HALSTEAD, General Agent. RENSSELAER, INDIANA.