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reduce their transportation expenses through co-opera- 

 tion. "Why can not our farmers do likewise? 



When a farmer is located near a good market, the 

 thing for him to do is to sell to private customers. As 

 his business enlarges he can furnish supplies to hotels and 

 restaurants as well as residences. He can obtain any 

 price in reason so long as his goods are choice. 



When producers are too far from a good market to 

 drive in frequently the proposed method of co-operation is 

 excellent. A number of them, working together, can 

 agree to ship regularly a given quantity of produce to 

 city consumers and the latter can best handle the business 

 by means of an organization of some sort. 



There are many reasons why waterfowl are not more 

 popular for the table than they are, but the chief reason is 

 that they are so poorly fitted for the market. The big 

 duck farms of the east are the only ones to give the 

 proper finishing of ducks for the market the whole atten- 

 tion it deserves. They have educated the market to an 

 appreciation of good waterfowl, and have been rewarded 

 in price for the effort expended. 



It pays well to be able to furnish in their season such 

 articles as strawberries, currants, cucumbers, cherries, 

 apples, raspberries, sweet corn, cabbage, honey and other 

 products of the kind. These pay ten times as much as the 

 grain crops. An acre of cherries or apples will net about 

 $150 after paying for the labor of picking and marketing. 

 The others are equally profitable or nearly so. 



A farmer raising fruit should make contracts with 

 private customers or grocers as early in the season as 

 he can ; that is, as soon as he can tell something about 

 what the yield is to be. He will thus get better returns 

 than by shipping to a large produce market. The same 

 method is best in marketing poultry, eggs and vegetables. 



