Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-05
THE PROPOSED MORGAN ASSO'
CATION
JOSEPH BATTELL.
MiddleburY, Vt.
IT'S ur,Ll1Y FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS.

tTsuTILiTY FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS
Editor Of he Register:-It has been
suOgested in your columns that the Yer
mont Morgan association, when organ
lied. become the medium through which
buvers and sellers of this stock may
come together. This is in part the pur-
pose If filing stallion service books year
ly with the proper officer of the associa-
ton, as suggested by your correspondent
This is clearly proper and most i'm
portant function of such an association
and should be kept constantly in mind.
In the first place, it protects the public
from imposition. 1t is to be taken for
granted that information gained through
this association can he depended on.
They will be careful to give the facts OF
breeding with ,Xact truth and they will
be able to disclose the exact where
abouts of choice stock. This course
will beget confidence in the buying pub
lie. As IA result there comes the second
important advantage. The Vermont
breeder, who is member of the assoc
citation, gets into select market. lie
is not merely seller OF horses IN the
open market where appearance and acct
dent determine price largely, but the
buyer has such definite information that
he is willing to send or come himself
and look his purchase oyer, knowing
that it is not wild-goose chase over a
county in the hope of stumbling on such
an animal as he desires. a personal in
spection of this kind cannot fail to be
favorable to the seller of really good
animals.
The third great advantage to the seller
Is that the middleman's profit is saved.
We all know that in horse dealing this
frequently amounts TO more than the
original price of sale. The association
might advertise once or twice year in
the leading horse journals its readiness
to bring buyers of Morgan stock into
communication with its members who
were possessed of meritOrious stock for
sale. It's members would in the mean
time be asked to furnish lists and full
descriptions of such animals as they were
prepared to sell. If any such list or
description were fOun false in any es-
sentia fact. that member to be expelled,
discredited and shut out from all prem
iums or endorsements of the society as
well as all animals owned by him. This
course would lead to the establishment
practically of Morgan horse exchange
guided by the association, and might be
made to turn all buyers of such stock
to Vermont.
Such cooperation is theoretically
sound economy and is practically in
operation by farmers in other lines of
production. The vineyard owners of
California have been goaded and bled
for years by the middlemen who have
controlled the output of wine in that
State. During the past eighteen months,
through association, these grape-farm-
ers have taken his job from the wine
broker. They deal directly with the
consumer and they are pocketing
profit of % per cent gross which before
they lost. In dried and canned fruits
am informed they have accomplished
like advantage for themselves.
The profits of ordinary business come
from The economies practiced Horse
breeding has returned to Il plain business
proposition, in which to find with least
expense the best market is the RuhicOn,
and beyond success. In this view the
Vermont Morgan association challenges
immediate attention.
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