Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-02

butter. Inc commission man gets an IN
voice Of, say ten tubs good butter still there
is difference in the quality, say five tubs
extra, the rest fair. He sells the lot to a
jobbcr for 81 cents, though, as he cannot
break lots, he renders account of sales of ten
tubs sold at "a cents, from which deduct
freight and commission, about 3 cents per
pound, leaving net home price Of 81 cents.
The jobber will not handle butter for less
than 2 cents a pound, therefore this lot of
ten tubs he sells to the grocer, as wanted,
say five tubs to one at cost, 81 cents, leaving
the extra butter to make his profit from ON
the lot hence he sells it for 4 cents ad-
vance, making tho price 38 cents for the
best. The grocer retails it for 5 cents profit,
more or less, making in all about 10 cents
per pound the consumer pays more for his
butter than the producer gets, so it is readi-
" seen that the middlemen are getting a
great share Of the profits belonging to the
producer
To explain why VIC get the price at home
that is quoted in the market reports, they
give always the commission mans price,
therefore some butter buyers who get rep
utation as being good judges of butter, and
as honest, fair dealers, get chance to try
on commission for the jobber or grocer, thus
saving the commission mans charges, hence
he can pay as high price as the commission
man quotes, so We see that we lose in two
ways; first, in not making au extra article,
and second, in having so many to divide
profits with ere We reach the consumer.
But to read the market reports under
standingly, VIC must add not less than > per
cent. to the quotations to get the jobber's
price, which price they will commission a
man to buy for, if they but know the buyer
will not ship anything that is not strictly
choice. Now the problem to be solved, |
think, is this: How shall we bring the pro-
ducers and consumers in direct communion
tion ? see no other way than through the
grange movement Let the farmers COM
prlsing grange put their products together
and send to some one in market whom they
can trust that will put them in communica-
ton with the consumer or grocer, aud let it
be understood that they can regularly send
certain amount Of produce aud erery time
IL oW be like tie sample; then they eau
get contracts in advance, and good prices
But | am aware where the trouble lies,
the quality will not always be as recon-
mended then there is trouble at once. To
avoid that difficulty | see no way only to
have the articles inspected before shipment
by judge that has moral courage enough
to condemn an inferior article if il did come
from Esquire -, who lives in such great
style and is so popular, more on account of
his wealth than his worth. The grange |
do not expect will make saints of all its
members but they can prevent those who
arc too needless and slovenly to make their
products marketable, from injuring their
more thrifty and tidy brethren, by putting
the grange mark on no article that is not
strictly up 10 the standard. That is the
reason that the gilt edged buffers sell so
high. When they see the brand Of the
maker they know that the article is every
time up to the standard, so it is in reality as
much the brand that brings the price as the
butter. So let us all strive to make gilt
edged products, and get them to the consumer
with as few go-betweens as possible, and il
we must divide profits l would prefer to di.
vide with the consumer. Y. BAILEY.
addison County, Sept. %.