MARKETING 



what differently than other farm products. 

 The two great cotton exchanges are located 

 at New Orleans and New York, the quota- 

 tions on these markets controlling the finan- 

 cial transactions in cotton throughout the 

 world. The principal wool markets are 

 Boston, New York, Philadelphia and St. 

 Louis. The principal tobacco markets are 

 at Richmond and Danville, Va., Durham, 

 N. C., and Louisville, Ky. 



The country shipper or the young farmer 

 wishing to place his products in the ordinary 

 channels of trade must consider and deter- 

 mine among other things the following: 

 What cities have favorable markets for his 

 products; choose some commission man or 

 broker to handle them; calculate the ex- 

 penses for freight, commission and other 

 customary items; familiarize himself with 

 the rules for grading his products in the 

 market or markets under consideration ; and 

 determine what agency there may be for 

 protecting him as to the weight and quality 

 when sales are effected. Whenever prac- 

 ticable, a visit to the market in question and 

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