MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS 427 



any attempt at deception is almost certain to be detected 

 and result in loss. 



Time spent in cleaning animals is well spent. A dirty 

 animal rarely brings what it is worth. Animals should 

 be in good condition. Farmers do not realize how much 

 the fat on a horse or cow sells for. So little is this under- 

 stood, that near the larger cities, a good business is done 

 in buying and fattening horses for market. Horses that 

 the farmer let go in what seemed to him good condition, 

 are bought, fattened, and resold. The farmer's loss is 

 enough to cover the extra cost of selling twice and a 

 profit for the feeder. 



REFERENCES 



Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, Vol. II, pp. 355-357 (fruit), 



pp. 362-365 (grain); Vol. Ill, pp. 158-162 (live-stock); 



Vol. IV, pp. 239-276. 



Farm Management, P. W. Card, pp. 109 to 144. 

 Marketing Farm Products, U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bulletin 



62. 



Marketing Live Stock, U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bulletin 184. 

 Fruit Harvesting, Storing, Marketing, F. A. Waugh. 

 The American Apple Orchard, F. A. Waugh, pp. 149-181. 

 The Business of Dairying, C. B. Lane, pp. 198-218. 

 Market Hay, Farmers' Bulletin 508. 

 The Prices of Farm Products, Wisconsin, Bulletin 209. 

 The Marketing of Wisconsin Cheese, Wisconsin, Bulletin 231. 

 Studies of Primary Cotton Market Conditions in Oklahoma, 



U. S. Dept. Agr., Bulletin 36. 



