Omaha daily bee., 1882-11-17

collecting reports of agricultural pro.
auctions, and for asoertaining What
events will influence the markets.
They are also better situated in re-
gard to disposing of farm produots.
BY having them IN elevators and
warehouses they can deliver them at
any moment, or can send them where
they are desired. They are also in
a condition to form combinations to
effect the market or to meet n
emergency. They can at any time
reaizo III cash nearly the entire value
of the articles they have III stora and
still have the control of them. A
farmer having but a small amount
of any article in u building on
his place will find it difficult
to use 1t for security to raise money,
il he finds it necessary to make use of
1t. A banker or money loaner would
have to satisfy himself ct the exist
enoe of the article, and that 1t was of
the amount and quality described. He
would also want insurance that 1t
would not be moved. Having salts.
fed himself ON these points, he would
ordinarily demand a higher rate of in.
terest than money loans for in a large
city. A cautious farmer would keep
an Insurance. on the articles he is hold
ing, and this is attended with ex-
pense. He must also keep his corn,
grain, and other articles IN . secure
place or they will be liable to injury
and loss. Unfortunately the majority
of farmers have no buildings that
afford the security of q warehouse as
they are erected in great shipping
points. The buildings they have are
not proof against fire or vermin, and
they are often poor protection against
rain and snow.
Farmers who live near large towns,
and who take their crops to market In
wagons, may often be gamers by hold
ing certain articles till there is an &C.
tive demand for them and high prices.
Hay will keep in a now or stack with
little liability to injury, and the price
of it huctuates more than that of al
most any crop the farmer raises. A
farmer who lives ear a city and has
that to sell will do well to watch the
markets closely, and be prepared to
take advantage of any sudden scarcity
that may exist. If a farmer has q
good cellar he may be a gamer by
storing his potatoes in it, il the price
at harvest time is low, as it ofen hap,
pens that they are o and high in
the spring on account of the quantity
lost by free zing during the winter.
Farmers often have better facilities
for keeping potatoes than city deal
ers have. What is true of potatoes
is also true of vegetables ard
winter apples. Farmers who have
no pressing need of money,
and VINO have good facilities for stor-
age, are free to exercise their judy
ment iii regard TO the time to sell their
grain. If, however, q farmer has out
standing obligations, he has no moral
right to put off the payment OF just
debts in order to take advantage of a
possible rise i'll the market. Farmers
often promise TO settle with their farm
help and to pay their debts to store
keepers and mechanics after harvest.
Their creditors expect their pay az
soon as the crops r gathered and are
ready for the market, but the farmer
often CONSTITUTES his promise to mean
any time in the future that pricea
meet his views. If a farmer is obliged
to do business on credit he should dc
his best to keep his credit good. He
should not allow ''after harvest" tc
mean any time between cutting one
crop of grain and eowing another.