CHAPTER XXI. 



MARKETING DAIEY BUTTER. 



There are many ways of marketing dairy but- 

 ter. At times it may be sold to good advantage 

 at the country store, but this is the exception, 

 not the rule. The country store does not usually 

 pay for butter on its merits. The seller is often 

 a customer and they do not want to offend and 

 so they pay more for poor butter than it is 

 worth, and to balance up must pay less for good 

 butter than it is worth. 



In many places a good market may be secured 

 among the citizens of the village or city where 

 you trade. Many are anxious to have a reliable 

 source of supply, and are willing to pay well for 

 butter that satisfies them. 



Poor Butter Makes a Loss. — Poor butter- 

 makes a loss to the maker and usually to every 

 one down the line that has anything to do with 

 it excepting the commission houses, and it 

 makes them tired. The dealer makes his profit 

 on the fine goods. Now all low grades go to 

 the process factories to be renovated. All but- 

 ter that goes to the renovators has made a loss 



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