| Show MIXED WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MARKETS T TO 0 SOLVE PROBLEM OF COST OF LIVING a A 41 0 WN W F tim 7 i L farmers public markets shaped by local needs prepared by the united states department of 0 agriculture in attacking the lie cost of living problem through local public markets coal communities muni ties might well give heed to den nito underlying principles that fire known to apply to such marketing in unless one la Is familiar with the flow of farm produce from the country into the market basket the HIP distinction between farmers fan ners retail market and farmers wholesale esafe market Is not drawn but both may imay be called it a farmers market and pictured as ono one find and tile the same in ill their operation and function some communities have tried to change far farmers wholesale estile markets into retail markets where the housewife could nil fill her market basket with purchases made direct from farmers always tit at a saving these attempts have usually resulted in failure and a deal of friction between the public tile farmers and officials because according to city marketing meu men of the bureau of markets united states department of agriculture the farmers wholesale market la Is a very different institution from a farmers retail market wholesale market A farmers wholesale market draws to it producers who specialize in truck crops and fruits and who count on hauling corn potatoes tomatoes up pies strawberries or other crops in large quantities they desire quick sales in largo large lots iota after they reach tile the market so eo they can return to their farms and the work of production time to such growers Is more valuable than the difference between what they ket get la in wholesale quantities for their products and what they might realize by lingering long enough to retail their load in ili small lots at higher than wholesale prices retail market retail farmers markets on tile other attract a group of producers who raise u d dinall amount of fruit or vege tabled as a side bide line and whose elioso other crops do not ilot demand ns as close attention as those of the truck track raiser often a farmer who raises only a few vegetables can call send bend them thein to a retail farmers market lit in mixed lots by a member of ills his family who Is able to remain away from the farm long enough to dispose or of these products to housewives carrying market baskets mixed markets the retail farmers farr ocra market depends BB as much for its success upon location as on any other oilier factor it must be convenient for the housewife while n asale farmers market need not bo be as centrally located because dealers have wagons or trucks with which to gather their supplies formers farmers wholesale markets tire are an early morning institution ution starting business lit it daybreak or even before while a far farmers retail market starts later find and runs tor for a longer time this of coil course arse may make possible a mixed retail and wholesale farmers far mcra market but larrr in organizing gan izing such a market it Is likely that it will appeal to different groups groppi of farmers and that it will bo be necessary to regulate the hours houra so BO theril there will bo be no conflict between wholesale estile find and retail business among the wagons or sheils too much Exper expected ted although retail farmers fann cra markets have been urged in ili many communities US as a means of reducing the cost of living too much Is often expected of them according to wn who have studied the problem and who point out that all locally raised produce especially the more staple crops such bubli ns as potatoes cabbage onions and ap pies represent but a small amount of the total of such products consumed by city dwellers tile the bulk of which Is sh chippel ippel in from more distant see sections retail farmers far mera market do nerve ms as an outlet for a certain zer tain of local produce varying with localities that might otherwise bo be left on the farm or not produced by the farmer who depended upon other fourcha of cincot income ne than fruits nud and tables any community contemplating the of a farmers far retail mar houll boull first make sure cure tnt there a re iro in that community enough farmers who are willing to haul their licar produce to market and dispose of it in small quati quantities titles direct to tile tho cow consumer gunier operative cooperative co shipping clubs simplicity of organization find and thu illet that lint no lie capital la Is required mako make tile the operative cooperative co of live stock peculiarly pecullar ly adapted to communities in which moro more complex forms of cooperation would bo be impracticable although not necessarily fea feasible in all sections 00 bolls lolls especially those choso in ill which vil icil live block generally Is marketed in ili carlond carload lots lota or where there Is stock BUlt sult ablo for shipment to ni arket l or where tho the central markets are arc not readily accessible nevertheless thero tiro tire many communities in ili various parta of tile tho country which would be greatly ben benefited entea by such associations wherever these associations havo been formed an appreciable saving to la tile ho farmer fanner lias has resulted the profit that formerly went to tho the local shipper now goes to the farmer fanner und and lm he lias tile tho satisfaction of knowing thill lio lie will receive for lila him stock the victual market price less tile tho cost of marketing Alore moreover over tho of a cula potent manager find and the influence of ill a successful inake for foll a general improvement lit in ine methods of 0 marketing live stock and it a bettel knowledge of market prices nud and con colt dictions by Itt in ili like entire community Intini ty tile beneficial influence thug exerted Is of no less lesa importance than the actual saving to members on the shipments handled by tile association helter Heite kelter marketing in many cases ati animals finals aro are killed and ad offered for little regardless of market conditions frequently adrun tage ls 1 tk taken e 1 of coot cool weather to hll arid aarud dispose of hogs with ilia liui the plied carcasses must be sold eold on of a glutt glut tid 4 market find being a per product must bo be disposed 0 ot at any price obtainable an example which 13 g only one of many was waa ob gervea at a small town in louisiana during tile tho winter of 1915 ld 16 where each tile tho weather became cooler eight fir ir ten dressed bogs were offered for sale there was if n demand for one ur or two such a method la Is ot of co courso ursil most unprofitable to tho the fafail er cr il A number at 0 instances havo have occurred in southern cities dressed ical keef cef ordinarily valued tit nt 1 7 to 8 belits a pound was sold by farmers for 3 to 4 cento find dressed hogs valued under nilder ordinary conditi conditions onu ot lit 8 tu 10 cents cc nta a pound sold for 2 to 3 cents because of a temporary of fresh meats in these towns tho the farm farin era could have avoided these losses by finding a market for their meat before slaughtering by delaying slaughtering until market conditions were or by selling belling taj ani animals malt allro albre a 0 good market |
