The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-08
MARY PATTERSON, See.
LIVE OAK FARMERS CLUB OF
BRIgTOL
BUYING AND SELLING.

no spSclnc rule Tor eeillng my farm pro.
ducts. [ make up my mind about the
lprobsble price of q product and when the
market suits my views l sell. There are
some perishable products which ought
to be sold when they are in the best con
dition for whatever they will bring in
the market because if they parish the
loss istetal. o.a
Grain and wool can be kept year after
year and should be if the market price
is below the cost of production. For
there is no probability Of tho market
price of any farm product remaining for
any length of time below what it costs
to produce it. I never sell my wool Until
she views of buyers meet mine, and
sell it in my wool room. say to the
buyers: Gentlemen there is my wool !;
look it over all ynu want to, and talk
about it just as much as you have q
mind to here, fer when deliver it at the
place agreed upon will not take
single word from you. / often miss
selling in the highes market Ishoud
be glad to find oat how to sell on the best
market every time. think the differ
ence would pay my hired help.
With regard to the present crop Of
clover seed there is, throughouta great
extent Of country, a snort crop and the
price must advance. The dealers in
Chicago are sending out feelers to
ascertain how it can be bought and the
amount in farmers hands. I was asked
the ether day If l had any clover seed
e. sell? replied no. WHAT amt
you going to sell yours? Well, perhaps
/ may sometime between now and seed.
ing.
In buying | think it is the safest way
to use ones own judgment. IF we get
cheated or deceived it makes us look
sharper next time We gain knowledge
and power by experience and practice
The first horse bought l asked this one
aud another what they thought of the
horse and what he was worth before
bought him and got badly cheated.
From that time made up my mind that
in buying Tom CoTTINa would do it.
never buy anything because it is
cheap, or until want to use it.
CHARLES GIBBS, in selling, I scarcely
ever hit the nail on the head and otten
bring the hammer down on my thumb.
The market most always manages to 20
up after l have sold, and / should be glad
if seine rule could be established so that
I could always sell on the highest market
I never thought 1t paid TO hold wheat
over till spring. There is the shrinkage
and the mice are carrying it away.
Then there is the risk and the interest
an your money, and take it altogether
think 1t pays best to sell it as soon % you
can get it to market after thrashng.
H. 4. NEwBURY.-Ths difference be
tween selling tie p roducts of my farm
this year ON the highest market and the
price at which disposed Of them would
not exceed thirty dollars. / tatted my
}psrk very cheaply because it was done
in warm weather, sold them very early
in the fall FOR six dollars per cwt., dress.
cd. If every one had been ready Il
market their hogs at the same time til 4
, price ould doubtless have been very
y different. When your products are ready
: for market and tbs market price is fail
- general rule 1t may be said to be a
: good time to SELL He would lay thii
down as principle that II man was in
debt and had promised to pay tAat h.
. ought to dispose Of his products and pa,
his debts. The virulence of the panic
Was increased bccause people who, BY
lAaking some sacriHce themselves /,
meet their just obligations, failed to d,
. 90. Running in debt at the s'store"
consider to be q practice at variance
: with thrift and economy. When l wa
!. commencing life if needed cow, an o,
or horse always considered 1t goot
d economy to 90 in debt for it bnt I neve
8 bought anything did not nesd becaus
it was cheap" A farmer needs goo,
granary to store his grain 80 that wheI
( no puts bushel of wheat into It b,