Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-06-20
TWO STYLES OF MARKETING.

This morning I met two farmers de-
liyering their butter In n large city
market. One had = long sleigh to whose
runners the mud Of last spring still
clung, and the stains Of hen drOpplngs
ornamented the sides OF the box. The
harness was a stranger to oil or backing.
and the stains from poorly cleaned
stables were easily noted on the horses
sides. The straw In the bottom OF the
sleigh was musty and dusty, and the
butter Jars and bags Of apples bore Wit.
ness to the fact. The farmer, whom ]
know TO be worth more than 81, 900 aud
out of debt, wore an old battered derby
and a six days. stubby beard. (lie prob
ably shayes every Sunday morning. A
faded brown overcoat with greasy collar
hung Imply over his shoulders, and
A pair OF dirty blue overalls and old
felt boots completed the outfit. The
apples which he had were In part. me,
but contained enough wormy and un-
sound ones to make them beg sale nj w
cents per bushel. lie asked only 20
cents for his butter. Ills egg were clean
and OF even size; still, they went for ~
cents on the general market. The poor
fellow was somewhat discouraged be
cause his turkeys brought Ouly Is cents
dressed, and thought II would not pay
him TO try to raise any next year.
What WAS the troubley Simply this:
Nv friend could not, or rather thought
ne could not, take time to clean up the
sleigh, harness, team and himsell, anu
ne Lost n big days wages by II. lie mas
become so accustomed to being sllpsh0d
that ne does not notice how II looks-or
smells either, for that matter.
have been watching the other farmer
for some time. He bought largo farm
some three years ago, aud l thought
went into debt pretty heavily, but me
had a good trade In "warrsnted fresh
eggs at about 10 cents above the market
price. lie bought few Jerseys ana
Jersey grades, and began taking butter
contracts, first at a5 cents a pound the
wear round, then he renewed them at w
cents, aud year ago he advanced MS
prices 10 IS cents. The trade kept in-
creaslng, and instead Of the nice clean
buggy drawn by pair Of sleek Exmore
ponies which used to go past the door, ]
have lately seen q large surry-like wagon
drawn by huge grey horse. In the
fall the apples, potatoes. turnips anu
other truck were brought In In the
lumber wagon, aud Il must have been
washed between every trip, for both u,
the harness aud team were always clean
Sometimes the owner and sometimes the
hired man made the delivery, but they
were always dressed neatly, and were as
clean as men can be when handling
produce. Each person to whom de-
livery was made felt proud to have their
winter supply Of produce brought to
them In such style, and the young man
profited by Il. -
Il il not necessary for man to wear
A white shirt and brosdclOth to sell his
produce In, but II he wants to get the
most out Of his business he must be neat
about his person, put his produce up In
attractive form, keep his team and wagon
clean, and not be ashamed OF his busi-
ness. OF course, reputation has some
thing to do with prices and the butter,
eggs, garden produce and poultry. but
quality and cleanliness will soon make
for you lust such reputation for fine
farm produce IA the owner of"Gllt-edge
Farm" has made for himself.-Cor.
Country Gentleman.