, 1890-07-24
BUYING FRESH FOOD.
JULIET coRsoN GIVES SOME DE.
TAILS FOR MARKETING.

and Temporary, therefore II Is Not
Wise to Lay In Large Supplies
Copyright by American Press Associationl
The summer being well On the way
there now can seldom be any more than
as the intense heat lasts it is not wise to
purchase more largely than the needs of
the family warrant. To buy a quantity
of any kind of food because it is tempo
rarily cheap is not good policy if there is
the least danger that any of it will spoil
before it can be eaten.
Usually food is cheap for one of these
two reasons: Either there is an over sup
ply or glut of the market, because Of
abundant yield, or because the product
has been held back for n rise in prices,
in which case Ii is not marketed until il
is in danger of spelling. If there is
abundance probably the prices will not
be advanced locally, and one need not
be forced to purchase more than is re-
quired; if the articles offered at a low
rate nave already been kept as long Us
they are likely to be properly eatable. 4
buy more than can be used at once
would simply be throwing AVA the pur-
chase money.
The first principle in economy would
be defeated, for nothing is cheap for
which we hav not an immediate use.
These two conditions aside il is either
local market rules or accidental circum-
stances that make any unusual variation
in prices. The accidents are storms Sc
we're enough to disturb local traffic or
interruption of railway or steamboat
transportation facilities; they are not
likely to be more thar temporary hin
ORANGES, to be overcome by doing with
out the article in question anti it is
again within one's range of price, OF
buying only the quantity absolutely nee
essary for the time.
In many of the smaller cities where
there are surrounding market gardens
the buyer has greatly the advantage of
purchasers in the large markets, where
all the supplies pass through the hands
OF middlemen or commission dealers.
The market days occur regularly sevefal
times weekly, the products offered for
sale are well understood, there is but
LITTLE variation of prices and the fullest
opportunity Of satisfying every inclina-
ton of the palate at reasonable expense is
afforded. OF course all supplies are in the
best condition early in the day and the
best choice is then offered; as the time
passes and the farmer or his representa-
tive is anxious to close up business a de-
cline in prices may be offered, which indi-
Gates only this state of affairs and leaves
the buyer to decide as to the condition of
the wares for sale. Sometimes the whole
stock will be bought up by some local
peddler who trusts TO the coming of late
purchasers TO dispose of it; buying late in
the day under any circumstances implies
unusual care in selection, for almost any
food is impaired by exposure to sun and
air during the heat Of the day.
Buying from street peddlers usually
has this drawback; either from care
lessness or ignorance they fail to shelter
their loads from sun and dust, and If
vegetables or fruit of n delicate kind or
the still more perishable meats or fish
are in question the buyer should be-very
cautious. The stock from which their
wares is recruited is generally that left
in the hands of the large dealers ut the
close of the market demand, and either
already spoiled or upon the verge
of decay. In these days of refrigeration
this is more than ever the case. Food
of any kind which has once been kept
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