CHAPTER VIII. 



MARKETING DAIRY BUTTER. 



There are many ways of marketing dairy 

 butter. At times it may be sold to good advan- 

 tage at the country store, but this is the excep- 

 tion, not the rule. The country store does not 

 usually pay for butter on its merits. The seller 

 is often a customer and they do not want to 

 offend, and so they pay more for poor butter 

 than it is worth, and to balance up must pay 

 less for the good butter than it is worth. 



In many places a good market may be secured 

 among the citizens of the village or city where 

 you trad,e. Many are anxious to have a reliable 

 source of supply, and are willing to pay well 

 for butter that satisfies them. 



Poor butter makes a loss. Poor butter makes 

 a loss to the maker and usually to every one 

 down the line that has anything to do with it, 

 excepting the commission houses, and it makes 

 them tired. The dealer makes his profit on the 

 fine goods. 



Pine butter makes a profit. There is no 

 trouble in selling fine butter. The trouble will 



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