Show TM MARKETING BY PARCEL POST plan outlined by department of agriculture for building up trade and how to keep it it by the united slat states depart anent of agriculture parcel post as a means of transportation haa been beta found by commercial houses to lie be useful and effi efficient clent there Is no iso reason why hy farmers cannot make extensive use of it under certain condition conditions if it they will it has bem beta found that one of the chief factors la in preventing the satisfactory development of parcel pari post marketing has ha been the price asked by some farmers for produce to illustrate one farmer farmers wife was receiving 2 20 cents a pound tor for butter in her local market a country store mi 11 hen asked if she he would be milling to ship it to a city by parcel post and at aba price she be replied that she he would mould do so at CO 50 cents a pound would be purchasers ly have been known to offer producers 0 tw vo tow 04 0 4 41 1 W IM Well Prepared attractive parcel poet post a lower price than they can obtain in their local markets it Is needless to oay say that such imperfect elect lect and erroneous ideas as to proper and equitable prices altogether defeated the possibility of mark marketing ettric produce by parcel post business bustness in marketing by parcel pot can bo be secured and held only by etna ping produce of high alrh quality and by charging reasonable prices the larger the quantity within the postal limits that ie Is hipped shipped at any one time the more economical ie Is the factor of postage and therefore the more attractive froni the viewpoint of 0 cost ost both to the producer and to the consumer r this applies both to chip meets meats and the return of empty con tubers it would not be economical to secure half halt a dozen different kinda kinds of vegetables from a ni many different producers but if it a supply of half it dozen kinds of vegetables or vegetables st and fruit fruits could be obtained in one parcel from one producer it would be both advantageous and att attractive malve another advantage to producer in parcel post marketing ie Is th tint it his mall box or local post office becomes bla his shipping station this rel relieves leves him from any extra trip in ord r to make shipment aa as the rural wall carrier takes the shipment from the mall box or some of the farmere farmers family deposits it at the post office offles going to call for the mall many often have a email small surplus of produce not needed for home consumption which could be marketed if some ready means of getting it to a consumer were available the parcel post supplies this medium there thero are also many supplemental or elde side lines of production which could be developed for the same name purpose mutual confidence and helpfulness ere are nodded nac ceded in order to succeed co cooperation p ili 1 needed consumers are interested te in billing by parcel lost only when hen they can secure more satisfactory tory produce soine nd ad altage in price or both the producer will not be interested te tn in marketing by parcel post unless it means some additional net return to him A high quality of divid uce ell prepared carefully and ot packed and forwarded to as to reach its desti nallon at the time df kirej will gu su a long way toward the establishment sad d continuance of bust tiem ordinary or inferior produce will not only lose a customer but huder the gaining of others the producer must aim kim to give by supplying his customer customers as nearly aa as possible with product i which meets their individual besl dests s the consumer must also aim to give satisfaction by properly property ca caring ng for and returning containers making prompt remittances as greed agreed upon and by doing hie his part in all phase of the transaction in other words a square deal Is needed DAIRY COW COVI FOOD CONSERVER one on 0 G eat law Is to turn tum inedible feeds into food in cheap est it manner possible prepared br by lie the united states depart ment of two facts out as reasons for the increased production and use of milk the first Is that milk as purchased hasea on can tho the market usually supplies food material together with ith the growth producing mea meat t or eggs the tle mccond reason Is I 1 that the dairy cow ij j the mot most ec eco 0 producer of limal food fool great lav law of food con serration is 1 to tura turn la a edible feeds into edible food foods la in the chea cheapest peAt possible manner the dairy dalry cow will utilize coarse inedible to humane such uch as grails coro corn hay boy etc and will them into anut other farm lal ua als al alfo also are converters of coarse course roughage into edible foods foci ant are not ro A the |