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| with loads of brush with but few sales effected. Late in the day 
| many farmers, wishing to sell and go home, are prompted to solicit 
| bids. The bids, if obtained, are unsatisfactory and are seldom 
‘raised. The farmers get discouraged and take the best offer that 
has been made rather than spend another day on the market, especi- 
ally when they have no assurance of a higher price. This depressed 
“market condition, which actually exists on many days, is explained 
by.the fact that the dealers are there to buy, but lack orders or they 
may have orders for kinds not being generally offered. Prices, too, 
being paid by some may be higher than those at which others have 
authority to buy. The “sweating” is a condition often experienced, 
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Fic. 4.—A busy day on a street market at Lindsay, Okla. 
but it is generally felt by farmers that the process is a premeditated 
| endeavor among buyers to effect big savings. 
In the Lindsay district many farmers arrange with their neighbors 
to assist in hauling and it is not uncommon to see several loads of 
- broom corn representing the entire crop of one grower on the streets 
of this market at one time. (See fig. 4.) Some growers think they 
sell to better advantage this way, especially if there is enough to 
~ make a carload. 
During the busy season the streets are well filled by 10 o’clock in 
the morning and often before that time. In fact, many haul at 
night or late in the’afternoon in order to be on the market early 
the following day. The choice of locations where buyers are more 
likely to give their loads attention may be a cause for early hauling 
at Lindsay, but in most street markets the location is of minor 
‘importance. , | 
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