Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-04-10
Prices And Marketing,

Farmers genera 'ly, do not give enough at
tention to raising large crops, and give too
much to obtaining large prices. In fact
many devote most of their thoughts to the
latter. Some Of the best managers. on other
baud, have adopted this simple rnle, to sell
as soon as ready-and receive as much in the
long run, as those who spend days of anxious
! inquiry and nights of sleepless thought. on
the best mode Of getting an additional cent
! on the bushel. One Of them remarked to us
recently-''Whe hen was young and in debt,
was compelled TO sell my grain and wool with
/ out delay, IN order to meet my payments but
/ since | have got out of debt, keep them for
months, in order to receive higher prices. |
/ hnd IN the average Of years, that | did better
/ then than now. run the rick Of losing by
rats, lose something by weight in drying, lose
still more IN interest, and have all the risk
and trouble of storage W well knew two
neighbors each of whom had a crop of wheat.
Neighbor a. said that he intended to sell as
soon as the price reached Sl75, which it did
in few days, and be sold Neighbor B. said
to him, :. You have sold to soon-wheat's goin'
up. am goin to have two dollars for mine. "
4. replied. Il think Sl,7j enough-it ravs
me well, and | would not lie awake nights
for month, anxious to know what the price
will be, for the difference Of quarter Of
bushel.' 1t continued to rise, hut did not
come up to $500, and B kept his crop over
I'll! the next year, when be sold il for 81 ,25. |
There Is an nnacc0unyable expectation with /
many that they may sell exactly at the very |
highest figure, which requires a degree 6f |
shrewdness and and forekn0wledge which no .
mortal can possess Ii they make mistake |
as they call it, and sell anywhere below the
highest point, they are dissatisted-consider
themselves imposed On-cheated-and resolve
not to be served so again by selling SO soon.
They are better satisfied with a greater mis-
take, by keeping their crops too long sin
gle error IN selling early, generally leads to
five errors in selling late This accounts for
the strange holding on often pacticed in
farming districts We had fine specimen
of it last autumn. Farmers would not sell.
and boatmen remained idle till nearly winter.
Then sales were effected in a hurry. boats
were loaded in a hurry all of which did not
prevent the immense losses occasioned hv
millions Of bushels being hopelessly frozen in
the canal.
Farmers are hard to satisfy Many years ago
wheat ran up for a short time to $500 A
purchaser wishing to obtain some very fine
seed wheat, offered the farmer 8. (Which.
exciting his supsicions and increasing his IA
Dacity, he refused to sell the next wear at half
price 1t seems that the higher rates advance.
he more dissatisfied many become. We can
we'll remember when the standard price for
wheat in western NeH-York, was three shill-
ngs. (3Sc.) per bushel-some was actually
old for one shilling. Now that the price is
wO dollars and half OF more, we find own ]
IT'S as much dissatisfied as ever This dis
atisiaction induces them to hold out against ,
heir own interests, as already shown We
hould he glad if some Of our readers would Z
,eep a record for the next ten years embrac- I
ng the following points On one side place
he price Of grain on the first of 0cto-
,cr; on the other, the price on the first Of
Nay, deducting from the latter, the waste by
leeping, rats, weeyil, &c, the shrinkage hv ,
trying, the trouble and cost of storage, and
he interest Of the whole-then observe on
which side the greatest amount Of profit is
ound. We have no doubt the experiment
would prove useful one, and show the pro ,
,riety Of selling when there is a fair demand ,
n market.