Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-09
TIE FARM AND HOME.
KEEP IN VIEW THE DEMANDS
OF YOUR MARKET.
Important TO sell Well Suggestions IN
Hay-MakInE-G Grain for Ewes = Cora
SIlAEe for Cows-F4rm Notes and the
Hoasekeeper's Alphabet.



II Is not possible TO conduct any
line Of farming successfully unless the
farmer keeps in view the demands OF
the market in which he proposes 20
sell his products The buyer has
right to say for what kind and quail
iiy Of goods he will pay out his money
and he generally does It II Is quite
possible that he does not know what
is best for hum. but whether he does
or not. that is his business, and it is
the bu siness OF the seller. il he wishes
to get value for his goods, to cater 70
the demand Nor does IL matter
what kind Of products the producer
may have, he should cater 10 the
market. says the Kansas City Live
Stock Indicator. II the market de-
mands draft horses. great big ones
weighing LOO pounds. and will pay
big money for them, grow that kind,
provided the farm is adapted to their
production II it wants fast horses,
and the farmers tastes incline that
way-horses that get out OF
sight as quickly as possible-grOw
these. II il wants high steppers
that will stay in sight as long as pos
sible and earacole and caper all day in
the shade Of an oak tree, and will pay
big prices for them, then grow these,
provided you cannot make more
money growing something else. II
the buyer wants'his butter without
salt, save the salt, and il he wants
it sailed an ounce TO the pound salt
il thus, or il he wants il sailed two
ounces to the pound put in the extra
ounce. IL the market will pay big
prices for lean. thrifty hogs weigh
ing l61 pounds, furnish them II the
demands in the market change. and
it wants hogs weighing Sd pounds
and will pay heavy enough pre-
MUM, furnish these. II it wants the
butter in tabs. furnish them. or il it
wants it in pats let it have them
in pats. II it will pay for fancy
packages, furnish fancy packages. II
il wants old fashioned steers weigh
ing 1000 pounds and will come down
with the ducats. furnish them. II IL
wants baby beef and will pay for
that. let il have the babies II IL
wants colOred cheese, color it. II IL
wants oleOmargerine branded as but
ter then the higher law, Thou shalt
not bear false witness" comes in, a
law having higher sanctions than the
prudential advice that we are
giving to cater to the market
Just now the public taste
demands spring lambs, anything be-
ing counted a spring lamb under a
year old. 1t IS the wisdom Of the
farmer to let tho lamb eaters have
lamb. II they will give him a. many
dollars for lamb ten months old as
they will for a wethcr twenty-five,
let them have the lamb and save the
twelve months feed. These illustra-
tioDs point out with sufficient clear
ness what We mean when we say,
eater to the market" No merchant
can succeed without doing so. A
dressmaker who would not keep
thoroughly posted on fashions would
soon go into bankruptcy. The profit
OF catering to the market, while
possibly not so great as that OF the
merchant, is nevertheless as import
ant TO the farmer as it is toany other
class Of men. 1t is just as important
to sell thing we'll and get full value
as it is to grow IT. The farmer has
absolute control of the production.
but when it comes to selling the
product the buyer has the long end
OF the double tree. We grant that
he has the right to be consulted.
Tbarcfnrn in all LINDA NJ farm uro-
auctions, cater to the market.