Show AVOID MIDDLEMEN THE TELE potato crop is excellent els year and th in many insi instances ances one farmer will have a tar car load to sell As asa a rule rale he will look lor for a middleman to whom to dispose of his potatoes instead of selling them to a consumer or retail dealer himself by taking such a coarse the farmer simply puts a percentage into some one eases pocket which ought of right to go into his own for a trilling trifling fee a commercial agency will give to a farmer the names of a number of parties located on lines of railroad leading out of this territory who buy utah potatoes the farmer can correspond with these pu purchasers r chasers a direct just as well arocan as can tile the middleman and can ship to 10 them and make a clear gain of the profit which the intermediate man would otherwise get bet what is true trae of potatoes Is ia equally true tine of grain hay and various other kinds of farm produce if farmers will take a little pains to post themselves on the market and to find oat where the chece if is a faaet market to which they can A still 1 they may just as well as not realize considerably better figures for their crops than is possible by the usual methods method fe at different points a to along n g t the he line of the D B R G in colorado 1 p n do there are flour mills ind dealers lit in grain who buy largely in utah the addresses of reliable firms of this kind may easily be obtained their commercial standing discovered and arrangements made with thyn by farmers to ship to them direct by taking this course the far lifts gas his pay for his grain iraln in cash instead of scrip or abere pay ll 11 which he be is so often comel compelled led to accept from the middleman frequently this will amount to an ad advantage amitage greater than the increase 1 in the price which he will realize it will be remembered remember ed that during last winter a rise ride took place in ic the price of hay bay unexampled in several years previously the indications are that a similar thing will occur again at least to some extent during the coming winter pat butcho who will profit most mt by b it should it happen the far farseeing seeing seeing midd middleman lemau who is already in some localities corralling cor ug hay bay now flew in this city and vicinity that commodity brings from 17 7 to 8 per ton but it is reasonably certain to advance from 25 to 50 per cent before hay bay comes again and probably within four or five months why do not farmers hold their hay till a rise takes place A merchant who has a prospect of such increased profits by holding a certain line of merchandise would certainly not push it as many farmers are doing with their bay business push activity and enterprise are worth morth as much to io the farmer especially especial specially lK in the fall of the year as to the mere merchant ant it pays the agriculturist as well as the stock speculator to keep P posted regarding arding the market but t unfortunate unfortunately regarding ref fy y v the tillers of the go omin X in this territory are too apt to be content to take whatever the nearest middleman will give tor for their products too low few of them reach out with a view to making the most of opportunities that may lie a little way win home |