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The following are the principal claims made by one 

 Claims Made of the largest manufacturers of stock and poultry 

 by Manufac- foods. 



turers. Horses: CJives greater speed endurance. Imparts 



new life and strength. Makes colts grow very rap- 

 idly and keeps brood mares and colts healthy. Guaranteed to save 

 corn and oats. Makes horses fat, gives glossy coat and fine 

 appearance. 



Cattle: Increases the milk yield 15 to 25 per cent and increases 

 the richness of the milk. Removes taint from milk, cream and but- 

 ter, and makes milk more healthful for human use. Such milk will 

 convey some of the beautiful elements of the vegetable ingredients we 

 use into the systems of your children and they will be stronger to ward 

 off disease. Makes calves grow as fast as new milk. Saves 30 days 

 time in fattening cattle and 15 to 25 per cent of the grain usually 

 required. 



Hogs : Cures and prevents hog cholera and is the quickest hog- 

 grower ever discovered. Makes juicy and tender meat. 



Poultry: It prevents disease and cures chicken cholera. It greatly 

 increases egg production and makes chickens grow very rapidly. 



The amount advised to be fed daily to horses and cattle to accom- 

 plish these marvelous results is two-thirds of an ounce ! ! ! The 

 material costs 14 cents a pound in 25 pound lots. 



The Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia and 

 Massachusetts stations have found this stock food to consist princi- 

 pally of wheat (bran and middlings) to which has been added fine 

 charcoal, a bitter substance resembling gentian, cayenne and com- 

 mon salt. Another large manufacturer makes essentially the same 

 claims as above, and the material sells at 6 cents a pound in 25 

 pound lots. The same experiment stations found it to be composed 

 largely of corn meal with small quantities of fenugreek, gentian, 

 charcoal and salt. 



Farmers, dairymen and poultrymen ! ! ! ! What would be your 

 opinion of any experiment station worker who would make such 

 statements concerning the nutritive, medicinal or commercial value 

 of corn meal, wheat bran, charcoal, gentian and salt .' Do you 

 think there is any humbug in the claims made by the manufacturers 

 of such goods? The question is left for you to decide. You may- 

 be the judge. 



