MARKETING VEGETABLES 
C. R. Wurre, Ionta, Onrarto County, N. Y. 
Farmers’ Institute Lecturer 
The question of marketing vegetables 
presents several phases for consideration, 
for the reason that there are so many con- 
ditions under which the production is car- 
ried on. 
THE HOME MARKET 
The problem of the one who lives in 
close proximity to the town or city in 
which the product is to be sold, who knows 
either the wholesaler, the retailer or the 
consumer to whom he is to sell, and is 
familiar with the requirements of the market, is much different 
from that of the large commercial grower, who depends on the 
markets of the entire country and who does not know at the time of 
planting whether the demand for his product will come from 
New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, or possibly be 
transported over still longer distances to the far southern markets. 
The former knows just what his market requires as to type, 
color or condition of each vegetable. He knows the whims and 
caprices. He is able to establish a regular trade or to bring his 
products forth from day to day as the demand requires. He 
knows where the fancy products will meet with a ready demand, 
and where the cheaper trade is to be found— to whom he can 
dispose of his poorer grades. Only when there is a great over-sup- 
ply is he in trouble. 
THE DISTANT MARKET 
Not so with the man who is dependent on shipments being made 
over a wide area. He has a dozen different markets, each with 
its own peculiar requirements and demands. He has a chance of 
selling to a local dealer who has no particular interest in either 
the product or the producer, except to get his margin; or, on the 
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