Nevada County picayune., 1889-01-09
AGRiCUL-T
Home Markets for Farm Produce

Home Markets tor Farm Produce.
 While the banker usually meets his customer without an intermediate agent the manufacturer and the wholesai. uarcdlnt are. fron the na- ture of. their respective calIings. compelled to sell their goods 10 mid dIe men, such as retail dealers. This is legitimate, for the centers of pro- dnction are frequently SO far from the points of consumption as to re- quirc radiating spoles of distribu- ton. The farmer is better placed commercially than either the manu- facturer or producer of many of the necessarics of fife. in that he ire Quently has a market at his door. True. it is q restricted one, and open 1 to close and trying competition. In various counties of our great land, the farmers are wise enough to have perceived the direct profit accrung to themselves from supply the daily needs of summer visitors, including 1 the larger and more concentrated wants of summer hotels. But just i here the foresight of the small farmer seems to end he cannot in other cir cnn,laaces perceive that thirteen cents per dozen for his fresh laid eggs k d, good from hi. alI-thc-xear- roand village ueiehhor1 aa is fifteen cents per dozen from the country storc1eepcr. who sells these same eggs at an advance so considerable ! that only necessity brings him cus- tom. Villagers who are within easy reach of large city market find 1t to their advantage to buy weekly or bi- weekly in such places, and thus up- held a system of smaller profit to the producer and heavier prices to the concumer. tor. in order to bring them together. all intermediate and third party is required, whose services have to be libcrally rewarded. Re tail dealers make two profits, one off ! the labor of the producer. another l from the necessities of the consumer
 In cases of large producers the loca demand afforded would not offer sutlicent inducements to provide for it, as the shipper takes the risk OI loss from the moment the contruct i. concluded but this fact serves tC establish our premises that the small farmer should everywhere seek a l local outlet for his surplus products i be such butter, eggs. fruit or vege- tables; even tidy pigs suited for fam fly use are frequently desired by the prudent housekeeper. In district' favorable for bees remunerativ' trade could be carried on from : purely local demand.
 In the matter of spring chickens, ; heavy annual loss is susnained b, ] far,, o,l. ,,.k., ,,Ith many facilities fgl this branch of their business. neve. enter what could easily be made { most lucrative though small com
 mercial enterprise. Were it not fol
 Philadelphia or rather certain dis
 trictS in PennsvlVania. New IorL would really be without hr.t-claSs poultry. ConsignmentS of Philadel phia fresh-killed poultry always com
 mand higher prices in the New Iori
 markets than do any other contribu
 ton from any other state or district ! In the distribution of fresh fruits i the peaches and small fruits consum
 eel in fruit-growng regions generally have trayersed many miles of rail- road before reaching the tables oI those who reside within sight of tn, orchards and vineyards which pro ducc them
 These facts go 10 prove that the farmer of few acres has market for his products; that he need not fear the competition of his neighbor of wider possessions, as the two sup ply a different center, What the local demand pl l country KilIlpp k