THE YOUNG FARMER 



Elgin, Illinois, has been noted for its butter 

 market. St. Louis is the leading mart for 

 mules. 



In a general way, the following five more 

 or less distinct and important classes of 

 markets for farm products may be recog- 

 nized: Grain, Live Stock, Produce, Cotton 

 and Tobacco. 



METHODS OF TRADE 



The brokers or commission men doing 

 business in any one of these markets usually 

 form an association called a board of trade, 

 chamber of commerce or similar title for 

 the purpose of assisting "each other in the 

 pursuit of common ends." The result has 

 been uniformity of methods and charges; 

 but above all in importance, perhaps, has 

 been the definition of classes and grades of 

 the products placed on sale. The tendency 

 is for the associations in the different cities 

 to adopt uniform rules for the grading of 

 products, so that No. 2 red winter wheat 

 may mean the same thing in Toledo and 

 New York; that the quotation on prime 

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