The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-12
METHODS OF MARKETING
MARKED PROGRESS LATELY MADE
by AMERICAN FARMERS.
Good Wrought by Crenmeries-CoId
Storage and Drying Establishments
of Great Beneht-The Factory Sys-
tenn as Applied to Farms.

The introduction of the creamery opened
markets to farmers in some sections who
could in no possible manner compete with
those near the great cities. as the creameries
served to make butter in large lots and ship
It by wholesale The farmer does not get
as much for his milk as when he shipped
1t to cities. but he gains much in the labor
and time saved. while those living at re-
mote distances are placed nearly under the
same advantages as those nearer the mar
kets. The creamery is but the beginning
Of the factory system as applied to farms.
In many localities the creamery is owned
by the farmers, and worked under a CO.
operative system. in which they share the
profits, and, while it has placed more butter
and cheese on the market than when those
articles were made on the various farms.
yet butter and cheese bring higher prices
now than before, and the demand is much
greater. The better prices were secured by
reason Of the superior articles furnished.
and improvements have also been made no.
only in the quality of the articles. but also
in the breeds Of cattle necessary in con-
Quoting large operations Of the kind.
Cold Storage and Farm Products.
The packing houses have taught farmers
that cattle may be slaughtered and meat
kept for a long time by Geld storage and
shipment in refrigator cars. Within recent
years cold storage has become a feature
with merchants VINO handle perishable prod
ucts and progressive farmers are also re-
sorting to it as a means of saving certain
kinds Of farm products for winter sale.
Last summer hundreds of refrigator cars
carried small fruits to distant points that
never would have reached the markets
otherwise. and beef. pork and mutton,
fresh from grass, and made fat with corn
at a season Of the year when the cost could
be reduced TO a minimum, was packed
away by farmers by cold storage instead of
sailed and smoked. to be sold to the butch
ers in the towns nearby. With the aid of
establishments on the creamery system, IN
some sections. farmers expect to be able to
raise more cattle and secure better prices.
Dried Fruits.
The labor Of drying a limited amount Of
frui. has been an obstacle in that direction,
but millions Of pounds Of fruit that the
farmers lose by reason of no opportunity of
marketing it can be converted into a sale
able article by drying, and drying es-
Enlistment in a community where fruit is
largely S-own would prove invaluable.
That such Establishments nave not become
numerous cannot be explained. as they are
really a necessity. for not only fruits, but
potatoes. turnips. pumpkins, sweet corn,
and many other vegetables, could be sup
piled in markets where they would be ac-
cepted. Vegetables have even been neg
lected by individual capitalists. yet there
is no doubt that they could be easily in
PRODUCED for sale All establishments which
serve to enable the farmers to sell at
wholesale near their homes open up greater
advantages for growing larger crops al the
same time.-Philadelphia Record.