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marketing and make the price. All that will be nec- 

 essary is to stop marketing, wherever the buyers will 

 not pay your price. In other words, to supply the 

 goods as the markets need them, and not dump them 

 in uncertain quantities at uncertain times. The sys- 

 tem of marketing the bulk of a crop soon after it is 

 produced results in creating a large visible supply, 

 which is used as a club ever after to beat down prices 

 for the balance of the year. Speculators understand 

 this to perfection. The clubs of "visible supply" and 

 "daily receipts" are the bears' leading arguments. 

 The farmers can prevent a large visible supply by 

 keeping the produce back on the farm and let it come 

 forward gradually during twelve months. And if 

 they will sell only when they get the agreed price the 

 buyers will look out for the daily receipts. When 

 considering this matter of prices and marketing, 

 farmers should always keep in mind this fact : That 

 the world will consume as much of your products 

 at a fair, profitable price as at an unprofitable price. 



