THE YOUNG FARMER 



Perhaps the one most important question to 

 consider in connection with the transporta- 

 tion facilities is whether products may be 

 shipped without change from the shipping 

 station to the market it is desired to reach. 

 Although at first glance we may not like 

 the thought, it must be conceded that neigh- 

 bors are not only important morally and 

 socially, but they also may have economic 

 advantages and disadvantages. While it 

 may sometimes happen that it will be wise 

 to raise in a given neighborhood some 

 product that no one else has undertaken to 

 supply, yet as a rule, if a given neighborhood 

 is raising Jersey, or Guernsey or Holstein 

 cattle or Chester White, Berkshire or 

 Poland China hogs, or Southdown or 

 Shropshire or Cotswold sheep, it will be 

 wise to raise the breed commonly raised in- 

 stead of the least commonly raised breed, as 

 it is sometimes supposed. The more potato 

 growers or cabbage growers or celery rais- 

 ers or orchardists in a locality the better for 

 all concerned, for a number of reasons, 

 among which may be mentioned (i) the 

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