The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-23
STOCK FOODS
AND CONDITION POS DERs AND
wHATTHEY COST.

OF Dollars Are Paid Per
Ton for Some That Does Not
Coat Twenty.
The large amount Of hard cash paid
out by the farmers and other stock
ownerg Of this State for patent stock
foods and condition powders renders
tho fullest information concerning
their composition and merius desira
BILE. II these compounds possess any
Value IL must be- as either food OF
medicine. AT one time the manufac
SurerB Of many Of them made atroDe
claims an TO their food value, as ind.
GATED by the names they bear, but
the work Of tho chemist easily show
cd aheir rather low food values, and
IL accordingly became necessary for
the manufacturers to modify theil
original c. aims.
At present most Of the stock food
manufacturers base tho;r claims for
patronage on the alleged value Of the
compounds sg condiments and medi-
cineB. 1t was too easy for the chau.i is,
and feeders 10 determine tneir true
food value. Apparently b c. me ne.
',essary, In Order 10 mainsaln their
sale, to transfer them TO the uaeer
tain and intangible lid Of medicine
The mystery and popular ignorance
concerning medical praobice make III d
much more secure field In which TO
exploit fictitious claims. AS medioi
nal or condimentsl agents, 10 is olaiH-
Cd that these patent compounds pr;
vent certain diseases, cure a large
variety OF othors, and enatlo the ani.
mails to digest moro food and make
better use OF II.
List LIB briefly consider these clAims.
The first ste, In this Will DO TO sacer.
tain just what bheae powders contain
Eur unately, the Expsrim INT StatieDs
have furnished ehis info, nation IL
suoh q way as TO preclude any proba.
bil!ty Of error. Massachusetts, Con
necbiout and North Carolina published
bulletins on this 8ubj lct so nearly al
the same time as TO make 1t csrtain
that the work was done independent.
ly and without any knowledge Of one
another's results, and the c .ose agree.
msnb of their findings gives additional
assurance Of their accuracy.
During the past year OF two, Inter
national Stock Food has been extern
ad vertised and considerable OF
III sold In this State. For this reason,
let us select this compound as an ex-
ample and give its composition as
published in the bulletins just referr.
cd to, According to the C@onnecticut
Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 1872.
international Stock Food contains
wheat feed, cayenne, salt, charcoal
and some bitter drug; Massachusetts,
Bulletin, No. IL, says 1t contains
wheat ofal, pepper, salt, charcoal aud
SINE material rich In protein, and
the December Bulletin Of the North
Carolina Department Of Agriculture
says 1T consists Of wheat bran, red
pepper, charcoal and linseed meal. 1t
Will be noticed that all agree that q
wheat product Of some sort is tue
principal Ingredient. Pepper and
charcoal arc also found by all thret;
while salt and o material rioh in prL-
Sein-linseed meal by North Carolina
arc found by two, and q bitter drug
by one. This Is, indeed, q remarkable
nnanimity Of results.
We are now In q position to judge
OF the accuracy OF the claims MADE
Tor these compounds. There are two
ways Of doing that. Firsb, after the
chemist and the mlcroscopist have
told us tho Ingredients they contain,
tho medical man may judge of theil
value or eff ct, when used III medical
practice from his knowledge Of mcdi
cal science. judged on this basis, VIZ
give 1T az our professional opinion
that wheat bran, salt. pepper, cnar.
coal, etc, posse SO no marked medioi
nal Virtue for either prevention o.
cure OF diseases; but II any one does
not care to accept W opinion, We
ask him to 90 to mis- family physician
ia whom he has confidence, and ash
him II these Substances are OF mucf
value as medicines, and we are willing
to abide by Ills reply.
TIE second method Of Judging O.
the value Of these continental stool
foods or condition powders ia by ao
tual trials or feeding tests, but 10 may
be stated that no trial is other prac
tical or worthy the name of o test
unless the food and the animals ar,
both weighed, and unless aoother lot
OF animals OF the same quality, age
size and condition, and kept and cthel
Wise fed In the same manner, ar,
compared with those received the con
dimantal foods. Fortunately, sevsra
tests OF thia sort have been made, ant
while made by those whom the man
ufaoaurers sneeringly term theoret!cA
feeders. are the only real practica
tests made OF the feeding value Q
THESE patent foods. Two tests have
been made at the Kansas Experlmen;
Station with dairy COWS with the fol
lowing results:
For the first test, thirteen cow
were divided into two lots as nearly
equal as possible, based OH the yielt
OF milk and butter fat for the proceed
ing month. The two lots received
exactly tho same kind and amount o.
feed, exoopt that one lot was givon
Acme Stock Food" according to the
manufacturers d~ireotions. The re
suit OF o n month test was thab tht
buster fab produced by the lob reoeiv.
ing the Stock Food" cost 1850, DO
pound; VII the butter fat produced
oy the lot .dceiving no Condiments
food cost IL 80. per pound.
INA nna,l I.-I
COWS divided Into two lots, as In the
tho nPak fnAA ma tho .n,,It - 49,