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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 558 



Contribution from the Office of Markets and Rural Organization 

 CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



July 28, 1917 



MARKETING GRAIN AT COUNTRY POINTS 



By 



GEORGE LIVINGSTON and K. B. SEEDS, 

 Specialists in Grain Marketing 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Function of the Country Elevator ... 2 



Methods of Purchase 6 



Methods of Sale 11 



Place of Sale 12 



Price Paid to the Producer 16 



Transient and Permanent "Scoop- 



Shovelers" 21 



Contracting with Farmers for Future 



Delivery 23 



Storing Grain for Farmers 25 



Farm Storage 27 



Handling Grain for Farmers 29 



Advantage of Growing Uniform Varieties 30 



Farm and Elevator Scales ...... 31 



Supply of Elevators . • 33 



Cost of Operating a Country Elevator . . 34 

 Hazards of the Country Elevator Busi- 

 ness 37 



Farmers' Cooperative Associations . . 41 



Conclusions 42 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1917 



