Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11
AGRICULTURAL
Prices and Marketing.

Farmer. generally, do not give enough at
tention to raising large crops, and too much
to obtaining large prices. In fact many de-
vote most Of their thoughts to the latter.
Some Of the best managers, on the other
hand, have adopted this simple rule, to sell
us soon os they are roady-and they receive
as much in the long run, as those who spend
days OF anxious inquiry and nights Of Sleep
less thought, ON the best mode Of getting an
additional cent ON the bushel One of them
remarked TO us recently" When ! was
young and in debt, was compelled tc sell my
grain and wool without delay, in order Ia
meet my payments; but since have got out OF
debit | often keep them for months, in order
to receive higher prices. find in the aver.
age Of years, that did better than now.
run the risk Of losing by rats, lose something
by weight in drying, losing still more in in.
terost, and have all the risk and trouble ol
storage We well know two neiehbors
each Of whom had crop Of wheat Neigh.
hor A. said he intended to soil as soon as the
price reached Sl75, which it did in few
days, and he sold Ncighbor b. aid to him
" You have sold too soon-whcats goin' up
| am goin to have two dollars for mine
A. replied, 81 think sl.75 onough-it pay.
me well, and | would not lie awake nights for
% month, anxious TO know what the price win
be, for the difference Of quarter on BUSH
el." II continued to rise but did not com,
up TO $500 and y. kept his crop over ill
the nox. year, when he sold it for Sl.25.
There is an unaccountablc expectation viii
many that they may sell exactly at the very
highest figure, which requires degree o.
shrewducs4 and lorekn1wlcdgo which no NOR
tal can possess. If they make mistake, az
they call it, and sell anywhere below tn,
highest point they are disNtisdol--considc
themselves imposed on-chcatcd--and rcsoN,
not to be served so again by selling too SOON
They are better satisfied with greater mis-
take, by keeping their crops too long. A sin.
Gle error in selling early, generally leads "a
about five errors in selling late. This ao-
counts for the strange " holding on often
fine specimen of it last autumn Farmer.
would not sell, and boatmcn remained idle
till nearly winter Then sales were effected
in a hurry boats were loaded in a hurry-al
Of which did not prevent the immense los,
occasoncd by millions of bushels being hope.
lessly frozen in the canal
Farmers are hard to satisfy Many year,
ago wheat ran up for short time to $500
\ purchaser wishing to obtain some very fine
seed wheat offered the farmer s2.25-whicl
exciting his suspicious and increasing his IA.
pacity, he refused-to sell the next year at
half price. II seems that the higher rate.
advance, the more dissatisfied many become
We can well remember when the standard
price for wheat in Western New York, wa,
three shillings, (37 Leo per bushel--som,
was actually sold for one shilling. Now tn,
price is two dollars and a half or more, we fine
owners as much dissatisfied as ever. This dis
satisfaction induces them TO hold out against
their own interest, as already shown. We
should be glad II some of our readers would
keep a record for the next ten years, embrac.
ing the following points: On one side place
the price of grain on the first Of October
on the other, the price on the first of May
deducting from the latter, the waste by keep.
ing, rats, weeyil, &c.,the shrinkage by drying
the trouble and cost Of storage, and the in
torest on the whole-then observe ON which
side the greatest amount Of profit is found
We have no doubt the experiment would
prove "A useful one and show the propriety O
selling when there is fair demand in mar
ket.-CUltirQtor.