Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-05
ADVICE TO FARMERS.
How to Market Their Crops to the
Best Advantage.

In urging farmers to take practical
step and ship their grain to the Chicago
market, III. III. Carr q Co., do not pro-
pose difficult task, it is not hard to
understand, it is not hard to put into
practice. This comes under the second
of the three ideas back of the shipping
| plan, viz, simplicity.
The first and hardest thing the
farmer has to do is to decide that he
will ship, then the rest is but play.
Any farmer can ask his local railroad
agent to order one or two or half
dozen cars on the side track. Next he
can arrange with one or two neighbors
to help him get his grain to the station
so as to load cars quickly. The rail-
road agent will lock and seal the car
door. he will furnish the bill of lading
and if asked, will show the beginner
how to fill out the blank properly
Next the farmer writes to III. H. Carr
q Co., Chicago, stating what grain is
shipped, sending railroad bill of lading
and making any suggestions he wishes
about the sale of the grain
Remember the grain is the property
of the farmer until sold on the Chicago
market. The farmer Commission
House does not buy the grain, it simply
puts it before the buyers of the world
and gets the best price possible for it.
The railroad company is responsible
until the car is ordered to an elevator
or mill or to some eastern line accord
ing to the buyer The grading is done
by the Illinois Inspection Bureau, the
weighing is done by public weigh
master, a disinterested official of high
standing. The Farmer Commission
House is responsible for proper returns
after the sale is made. In making re-
turns this house sends the official
weights, the official certificate of in
spection, the railroad freight bill, paid
and receipted, and the printed price
list for the day and hour when it was
sold. All this Is covered by a small
commission of J to l cent bushel ac-
cOrding to the kind of graf The
farmer gets his returns shortly after he
loads his car. 1t is then his pleasant
duty to sit down and figure how much
better off he is than if he took the bid
of the grain buyer at the home station
He will probably find the profit for his
extra work the most liberal pay he ever
received for few hours time. He
will also feel more independent than at
any time in his life for he has done
business in a business way in the great
est market i'm the world. 1t paws from
the start. III. III. CARR & Co.
The Farmer Commission House,
Suite 10, Board of Trade, Chicago, Ill.
JOS Spillman was over from Ossian
yesterday.
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-Attys. A. d. Gray and Thompson,
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