Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-16
CHAPTER Y
Markets and Marketing.

Practically all products of the
county are marketed at the railroad
stations within the county limits,
some being shipped from Hardwick
and Island Pond. The local markets
are relatively unimportant, there be-
ing little less than three residents
IN the large villages to each farm.
The supply so much exceeds the de-
mand that both the consumer and re-
taller are capricious in their demand
and hard to deal with while the farm
er has too little patience TO try to ca
ter TO the wants of the consumer or
10 understand what the market de-
mands. Many Of the village people have
lived on the farm some time previous
y and still cling to their gardens, their
cow and TO the custom OF buying q
quarter of beef in early winter and
freezing II.
Parcel post has not been very
thoroughly tried out by the farmers
as means of marketing, as they feel
that II IS expensive and uncertain in
It's operation. Boston and New York
are both within the second zone and
consequently parcel post marketing is
theoretically possible, yet its sue
cess must be thoroughly demonstrat-
ed before the producers viii adopt il
as 2 common means of marketing.
Commission merchants in the Mas
sachusetts and New Hampshire cities
receive large quantities of eggs and
dairy butter from Orleans county, al
though no data are at hand 10 show
how extensive this trade Is. There is
little attempt to cater TO any special
market or TO produce superior goods,
the best practice Of this sort is in the
production Of maple sugar. The gen.
avail I1zr- 81 l-~-1r--TaEr1 -
of the goods causes an unjust feeling
Of resentment against the commission
merchant, who is popularity supposed
10 be looking for q rake of" and to
pocket any better price superior
goods would bring.
The marketing of livestock, maple
products and hay is largely in the
hands Of buyers who have agents in
every railroad town and practically
control the market The livestock
buying N particular IS under the
management of what Is practically a
monopoly, and there Is little or no
dealers in general conduct their bust
ness in 2 straightforward manner.
and the farmer with stock 10 sell need
not fear unfair dealing.
These same dealers are the largest
buyers of wool. but on account Of its
excellent keeping qualities this IS Of
ten held until advantage can be taken
Of the top OF the market. Maple sugar
and syrup are sold TO special markets
70 q limited extent and the greater
part of the product is sold TO the Cary
Co, who practically control the buy
ing in this section OF the state At
every station the Cary Maple Sugar
warehouse Is q prominent feature
II = -
IN the other industries, since the
farmers can market their product d.
rectly 70 the consumer and other
companies buy some sugar. There
seems TO be blind cropping for bet
ter things among the sugar makers,
as shown by the large amount Of new
equipment being installed and the
consequent better quality Of the out
put, yet the producers do not seem 70
know how to market this high quality
product and much OF II goes 70 Lna
dealers at the same price as the poor
or product made with the old equip
ment. The quality OF the sugar and
svrup made warrants the attempt 70
put more Of the product before the
/ consumers IN the cities and there Is az
opportunity for the farmer who Is
willing 10 spend part OF ms energy
i IN marketing what he produces: IN
I 1915 there were 81 members OF the
+ Vermont Maple Sugar Makers asso-
! citation in the county, and many OF the
+ highest prizes have gone 70 Orleans
county goods IN the annual shows
held by the society
The hay Is sold at 2 specified price
per ton delivered pressed al the car
The cost Of pressing and hauling Is
generally reekoned at 50 70 81 PEI
ton. dependent on the distance 70 tne
railroad
The dairy products are disposed O
as cream, butter or milk Inc d 7
Hood company have milk shipping
station at Newport and receive nlh
at all the stations within the county
This milk comes largely from INT
valley farms. as the hill farms ar
TOO far removed from the railroads
Nanv of the better-cIass farmer
make their Own butter and snip u =
the commission merchants. Since the
use the old barrel churn and raoh
worker and know little or nothing O
the moisture content OF butter, the.
fail 70 make as much OF their produc
as they should. New combined churn
and workers Of the dairy sizes ar
needed
The greater part Of the dairy prod
ucts 90 70 the ereameries, OF Wn!c
there are I9, ten Of which are unoe
the management Of J. G. TurnbuA e
) OF Orleans, z company operating !
creameries IN northern Vermont L
e most Of these creameries teams ar
! furnished which gather the creaE
from the farms where 7 = separate
BIZ farm separators- The DuIter-1lll
/, i sold TO the farmers living nea
: enough 10 the creamery 70 be able
draw II home proftably- Payment
n made upon butter fat or on eOnpu
ed butter yield While complaint
are nfra- made that the test i un1aL