The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-06

tables are often marketed through
the aid of two middlemen, the city
commission dealer and retail nier-
chant.
More Than Two Intermediates.
A series of three middlemen may
include, first, the local buyer of the
shipper; second, the commission deal
er or the wholesale merchant; and,
third, the retail merchant In the
sale of fruit by auction, which is com
mon in large cities east of the Missis-
sippi river, the auctioner is an addi-
tional middleman. He may sell for a
commission dealer, to whom the con-
Segment may have been made by
country buyer; and the purchaser at
such an auction may be jobber, who
in turn sells to a retail merchant. Five
middlemen are thus concerned in such
a transaction.
onions raised in Kentucky are some
times bought by local merchant and
shipped to Louisville; here they may
be put into sacks and consigned to a
New York wholesale or a commission
man, who, in turn sells to a New York
retailer Eggs and poultry frequently
pass through the hands OF at least
four middlemen. |
The marketing of clover seed is an
example of transfer from one farm
er to another through a number of
middlemen. The first middleman may
be an Indiana jobber, who consigns
10 commission dealer in Toledo.
ohio; here the seed may be purchased
by merchant and shipped to a whole
'aler in a distant city The last mid
ileman in this course of distribution is
country storekeeper or a city dealer
n agricultural supplies.
Market Places and Warehouses.
Public market places are establish
d In number of cities and towns. ,
nd in these places consumers NAV
NY such articles as fruit, vegetables. y
airy products, poultry and eggs di.
ect from farmers as well as from i
callers.
Another institution which aids the O.
roducer to dispose of his crop is the -
lblic warehouse. Illustrations of this :,
e afforded in the marketing of to- -
lcco in Virginia and North Carolina =
Dol from the Northern Rocky Aroun-
In states, and to some extent rice in
and Texas. The growers or
cir representatives, with their pro-
ce meet the buyers at these ware. =,
uses. '"
Diversion In Transit. -
While farm products are in transit =.
rail, there are certain points at he
len the oonsignor may designate a -
al destination. The purpose of this ~
ctlce Is to enable the consignor to an
the best market for his goods. g..
IS is the plan followed in shipping ~
It's and vegetables by rail from d.
thern States to the North. ~,
NSSoSlatlNe MARKETING. a.
ne Secretary of Agriculture has ~,
III to say concerning associative .,
keting by farmers, and the econ. w.
advantages are stated in detail
'urvey of the systems of marketing I
products clearly discovers what TX
farmers can best do to their ad- u
age. They must associate them "
IS together for the purpose of as
Hing their individual contribu.
of products, of shipping in car. T
lots. of obtaining market news at will
s to which it is practical to send in
products, to sell in a considerable opel
'er of markets, if not in many Boss
cts, and to secure the various 9TH ing
gains of associative sell one
Tues
carry out this suggestion, it is will
lmended that If Congress estab- Pric,
a division of markets, a corps The
Yelling field agents be maintained day
list farmers to form associations day
their products. shine
mates Of Fruit and Vegetable adde,
Supply. the f
also recommended that esti pany'
of the prospective supply OF prese
md vegetables, and perhaps 9th win
ducts not now represented in that
initiative estimates of the de fore.
nt's crop reporting service, be The
short time before harvest, so Of ma
e farmer may "have in mind been
definite idea of the volume two "
crop throughout the country been
that he may occupy a place house
market that is fair to himself, formai
he case may be, place in the by this
that is fair to the consumer" upto-ds
al market news service is not Mr.. WI
ended If such service were is to I'll
F4rs. - =.