MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS 



The first step, then, toward marketing fine 

 crops is to raise them with care, and this can 

 only be accomphshed by the use of plenty of 

 fertilizer, by selecting the best seed, and by con- 

 stant cultivation until harvest time. 



The potato crop requires very careful man- 

 agement if a fair profit is to be made. The 

 early crop which is ready to market in June 

 fetches the best price, especially if the grower 

 has been sufficiently on the alert to have it ready 

 for market before the other fellow. It is sold 

 either in barrels or sacks; and If one has a large 

 area, some arrangement can be made with a 

 club or a hotel to take the entire crop, and the 

 shipper to send five, six, or seven barrels a week, 

 as the purchaser may desire. The potato 

 ground is then planted to sweet corn, buckwheat, 

 millet, or any rapidly maturing crop. 



Winter potatoes are often grown at a loss, 

 and a crop of at least two hundred bushels must 

 be raised to net even the smallest profit. It 

 is, however, just as easy to raise four hundred 

 bushels as two hundred. It is merely a matter 

 of cultivation and care. Holding potatoes in 

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