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Show SELLING LIVE STOCK IN RURAL DISTRICTS Simplest Plan Is Where Buyer Visits Producer. Fanner Is at Disadvantage Because of Lack of Knowledge of Market Conditions or in Quality and Quantity of Animals. Trie simplest method of disposing of live stock prepared for market Is that In which the buyer visits the producer, examines the stock and gives the- producer pro-ducer an opportunity to make a sale. In the more densely populated farming farm-ing seel ions local butchers and stock buyers travel through the country looking for stock. These buyers, as a rule, purchase stock at prices which are below current market quotations, in order to allow for shrinkage and expenses connected with delivery. They may also endeavor to drive hard culture. The present market Is meeting meet-ing with favor among consumers as well as the producers. Some of the products sold on (he market are potatoes, po-tatoes, apples, pears, plums, peaches, grapes. crab apples, blackberries, sweet corn, peas, beans, flowers, cucumbers, cu-cumbers, cabbage, beets, peppers, onions, on-ions, tnrnips, carrots, pumpkins, honey, cauliflower, lettuce, parsnips, parsley, swiss chard, squash, maple sirup, cider, vinegar, butter, eirtrs, buttermilk, live and dressed chickens, ducks, beef and mushrooms. In several other sections of the country, county i: gents hiive been successful in promoting similar markets. bargains with producers who are at a disadvantage in any respect, as, for instance, in knowledge of market conditions con-ditions or in (he quality and quantity of the stock they may have to sell. Underfed or low-grade stock is almost sure to find a purchaser who will raise objections to its quality and fitness for i-iarket or slaughter, say live stock experts ex-perts of (he United Suites department of agricuKnre, and will demand a maximum of accommodation in the handling and delivery of the stock. The buyer may or may not require delivery to (lie local slaughter house or stock yards, mrrii depending on the demand of the market for the class of stock sold. Some feeders sell rather regularly to the same buyer, a plan which has certain advantages for both buyer and seller. If the buyer feels quite certain of obtaining well-finished animals which he can use to advantage, advan-tage, be will be likely to make liberal concessions in regard to the disposition disposi-tion of the stock after sale; and the stockman find it more convenient, as well as agreeable, to sell to a man with whom he is acquainted, In whom he has confidence, whose methods he understands, and on whom he can call whenever he Is ready to sell. |