Eshelman Red Rose Feed Sign

Farm families must feed their livestock as well as themselves. They often need more (and better quality) animal feed than they can produce. Specialized businesses emerged in the nineteenth century to serve that need. Eshelman Feed, distinguished by its "Red Rose" trademark and "guaranteed feed" slogan, was reputedly the oldest animal feed business in the United States, founded in 1842 and in business until 2010.