International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1904
Description:
Poster of race horse Dan Patch, featuring his 1904 world record for the fastest mile by a harness horse (1 minute, 56 seconds). Includes list of all world records made by Dan Patch up to November 1904. Poster advertises the livestock feed produced by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage. Savage bought record breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business. Dan Patch would best this record in 1906 and set a new world record for the fastest mile by a harness horse at 1 minute, 55 seconds. Dan Patch is featured on many International Stock Food Products. The horse and his owner had a close connection: Dan Patch died July 11, 1916; Savage died of a heart attack a few days later. Dan Patch became less significant as America embraced the automobile. Ironically, Savage started manufacturing the Dan Patch automobile in 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
M.W. Savage Factories Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Image of the Dan Patch Manure Spreader. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, who bought race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business. Consequently, Dan Patch is featured on many International Stock Food Products. The horse and his owner had a close connection: Dan Patch died July 11, 1916; Savage died of a heart attack a few days later. Dan Patch became less significant as America embraced the automobile. Ironically, Savage started manufacturing the Dan Patch automobile in 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for International animal feed that suggests greater cow milk production with use. The number 96 is in the lower left corner of the advertisement. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905
Description:
Advertisement for an egg laying contest that took place from October 1, 1905, to May 1, 1906. Contestants had to feed International Poultry Food to their hens. Prizes ranged from $5-$20 for children and $25-$100 for adults. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for International Stock Food Tonic sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The advertisement emphasizes the food is medicinal and lists a number of named medicinal ingredients. From the advertisement: "Any Chemist, Druggist or Veterinarian will tell you that the medicinal ingredients we use, when properly compounded will make a good animal tonic and aid to digestion, and is perfectly safe for all kinds of animals in working, growing, breeding, milking or fattening condition." International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for livestock feed sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Poster designed by Harry Millard. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for International Stock Food animal feed and its use as a hog cholera preventative. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1902
Description:
Advertisement for feed sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Three testimonials from O.E. Countryman of Spencer, North Dakota, Oren J. Spalte of Pleasantville, Iowa, and John D. Marshall of Walton, Kansas, about the weight gain possible by pigs on the feed are included. "Schooley's Beauty" is featured on the poster, a Durock Jersey sow with a litter of 11 pigs. Text from poster, "International Stock Food 3 Feeds For One Cent Makes Sows Give More And Better Milk." International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for livestock feed sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The feed is purported to purify the blood and aid digestion in horses, cows, and pigs. "Won highest medal at Paris in 1900." International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Advertisement for animal feed sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Purported to tone horses, make cows produce more milk, speed growth, and cure or prevent diseases. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Heatwole's Dairy Paper, Vol. II, No. 2, April 1907. Cover features a photograph of a good type of Holstein Cow showing good udder and digestive capacity. Cover story: McCleod County Meeting, Knee Deep Mud Does Not Dampen Dairy Enthusiasm.
Heatwole's Dairy Paper, Vol. II, No. 6, August 1907. Cover features a photograph of Highlawn Farm in Auburn, Massachusetts, the farm home of F. P. Knowles of Worcester, Mass. Cover story: 50,000 Tons of Butter, Minnesota Creameries Made This Vast Amount of Butter During Year Ending July 31, 1907.
Heatwole's Dairy Paper, Vol. II, No. 10, December 1907. Cover features the program for the Minnesota State Dairymen's Association 30th Annual Convention at Northfield, Minnesota January 21-23, 1908. Cover story: A Great Dairy State, Four Hundred Million Dollars Spent Annually for Nation's Butter, How Minnesota Stands, by W. W. Wall.
Heatwole's Dairy Paper, Vol. II, No. 12, February 1908. Cover features a photograph of Dinah Pauline, a cow that made 19.98 pounds of butter in seven days. Cover story: Annual Convention of Minnesota State Dairyman's Association for Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
Heatwole's Dairy Paper, Vol. II, No. 11, January 1908. Cover features a photograph of Paul Soldine DeKol, the first-prize aged sire at the National Dairy Show in Chicago in 1907, owned by F. P. Knowles of Auburn, Mass. Cover story: Testing the Herd, by Lucien A. Sweet.
Heatwole's Dairy Paper, Vol. II, No. 5, July 1907. Cover features photographs of floats and the parade at the Annual Dairymen's Picnic at Hutchinson, Minn. Cover story: About Poultry Raising, Editorial Experiences While Visiting in the East.
Heatwole's Dairy Paper, Vol. II, No. 4, June 1907. Cover features a photograph of a model dairy cow, showing udder and vein development, property of Max Miller of Herkimer, N. Y. Cover story: The Syracuse Meeting, President of National Association of Holstein-Friesian Breeders Speaks, address by O. U. Kellogg.
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Heatwole's Dairy Paper, Vol. II, No. 3, May 1907. Cover features a photograph of Colantha 4th Johanna, the world's record butter cow, owned by W. J. Gillett of Rosendale, Wis. Cover story: Expensive Proposition, Minnesota Farmers Being Urged to Make a New Breed of Dairy Cattle.
Heatwole's Dairy Paper, Vol. II, No. 9, November, 1907. Cover features a photograph of pure-bred Holstein calves being judged at a Northfield, Minnesota fair on September 30th. Cover story: Federal Education, Congressman Davis of Third District Makes Speech to Farmers Congress, address by Davis to National Farmers Congress ast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Heatwole's Dairy Paper, Vol. II, No. 8, October 1907. Cover features a photograph of the first prize Dutch Belted Cow at the National Dairy Show. Cover story: The Dairy Paper, Its Value to the Dairyman and the Average Farmer, address by N. P. Hull to Michigan State Dairyman's Association.
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