Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-09

ana from the ulNefeut hlUuh 81 utdl-
ing. the hope being that they will
give In the concrete fairly accurate
impression as TO how the farmers
market system works for those who
TIL the soil.
John Ochs first went TO market
when he was thirteen years OF age
with his mother. who made living
on a small fasm IN Anne Arundel
county. taking vegetables and poultry
and general products 20 the market
and building up q trade from her wa
Ron stall. His mother taught him that
the first rule 81 the market business
is to give full weight and good meas
ure: that otherwise he could not keep
his customers This may seem trite,
but as we shall see later " L. the vital
principle OF the markct-farmer's sue
cess. lie was still very young when
thrown upon his own resources and
he kept al farm work, Fourteen
years ago ne got possession OF farm
of fifteen acres four miles from tho
city limits. midway between the Bal
tlmore and Annapolis and the Bal
timOre and Washington highwayN He
now owns this place and runs it on
the job plan-thot H., ne hires hands
to perform specific tasks and pays
them for just what they do.
The day before he starts for mar
ket he has them gather what he wants
20 sell Tie pays them Ave cents a
box for gathering kale, ten cents a
box for spinach. from Ave 90 ten
cents FOR urnips according TO the
size. and twenty cents "a hundred for
cleaning and lying onions. In the
spring he can get onions tied for from
thirteen TO fifteen cents a hundred
because the hands can make better
time. His crops on the fifteen acres
are varied and run on close schedule
so as 10 give him something TO sell
all the year round. BY getting every
cent OF profit for what he raises and
by handling few OF the products OF
others he makes more than a mere
! living. lie has so extended his oper-
atlons that ne now has stalls In sew
eral Notwithstanding space FOR
hts wagon at the curb In the open
street.
without exception, many farmers
indorsed the Baltimore market plan.
II made them feel safer with regard
! TO their families and their old aga
and. In addition TO enabling them TO
secure the full profits on their crops,
IL broke the tcdium OF farm hse II
gave the small grower a chance and
helped him by bringing him into con-
tact with the other growers.
The following are the direct adj
yantages OF the system as explained
by the farmers. For 50 year and ten
cents each day the wagon Is Ia mar
ket tho farmer has regular city
pace OF business. lie may sell to the
consumer and get an the price; TO
the market-dealer at discount of 8
or 10 per cent; to the stores ana
commission merchants for what he
can get; or TO the special city custo-
mers, delivering tho articles himself
on his way 20 or from tho market
and receiving more than his market
price With these Ave classes OF cus-
toners he can work out his profits
ana dispose OF his load. He gets cash.
and the handling Of real money makes
him chary Of debt. II he needs money
Che county banks are friendly.
OF course there are drawbacks. a
ten or twelve mile drive between mid
/
not pleasant thing. standing in
market with no protection from the
weather Is often disagreoable The
markets. the farmers say. ought 20
/ De kept better and cleaner and Ia this
they are right The high cost 90 i've
/ ing they attribute not To- the price OF
/ good food, out TO the fact that peo-
pie are spending most OF thoir money
on dress ana amusement and are
starving their stomaChs
where the Consumer Comes In.
1.-THE farmer gives fun measure and
throws In something. The huckster
gives level measure Better watch the
dealer" This expresses the general
belief OF the coRsumers They get
! from the farmer a little more "a lit
| tie less and they get what they buy,
| Comparisons show that one may save
about hvc pcs cent by buying from tho
/ farmer instead OF from the man ia
the stall under the shed; and the pro-
/ vision stores la the residential see
| tions charge ten per cent more than
/ the farmer does. The farmers. though
! they seek 20 get all they can undouht-
! eddy restrain the dealers from churg-
| ing higher prices. but the prices even
| In the same market are never the
! same. The writer and his wife wen,
/ marketing In order TO make compar-
/ alive tests We got a turkey from "a
| farmer at 90 cents pound. whereas
II was % In some places In the market
and from % 20 20 uptown, quail al
90 cents each, as compared Go 30
cents In some places ana SO cents up-
town; rabbit at 20 cents. against 2r
in some places AID from 80 90 40 up-
town; ana vegetables and sundrles at
a saving. ON purchases OF a littl,
| less than Ave dollars we calculated
that we had saved eighty cents ano
had got the very best quality ir
everything, on the same day tn,
! prices iu other eastern cities were
twonty per cent higher than we paid
/ Ia New York fresh killed turkey wai
SO cents pound The turkey ",
bought was frosh-killed by the far
mer who raised Il and was one of
the tenderest and most delicious wS
have ever had on our table. CON
sumers not only save money but gel
better things and a greater quantity
! by dealing directly with the farmers
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