14 BULLETIN 1124, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
and acceptance to reach them before 10 or 10.30 a. m. of the day 
following date of issue of the quotations. This enables them to 
reject any acceptance if the market is stronger or has advanced, 
while if the market shows a weaker tendency or has declined the order 
will be filled. 
If bran, for instance, is quoted at $25 per ton delivered, and be- 
cause of a brisk demand brought on by unfavorable weather condi- 
tions in a certain section or other causes, a number of mills advance 
their prices 50 cents per ton, the country buyer, on receipt of his 
telegram by the jobber or wholesale dealer, is often advised that the 
particular car or bran he wanted has been sold, but that another 
one is available at $25.50. He may receive a telegram reading about 
like this : 
Jno. Doe, Zanesville, New York. 
Car bran due Sayre sold. Can book another ear making your 
delivery at $25.50. Wire if accepted. 
Charles Roe. 
If, because of general^ favorable weather conditions or heavy pro- 
duction, mills reduced their prices 50 cents per ton, the country 
dealer, upon receipt of his wire, will be advised that his order has 
been booked, because the wholesaler or jobber is then in a position 
to replace the car at a lower figure than that prevailing on the date 
his quotation sheet was issued. This illustration does not represent 
an unusual case, but a typical one and one which happens only too 
frequently. 
It is the duty of the country feed buyer to furnish proper shipping 
directions, and when he fails to do so such default relieves the seller 
of any obligation to make the shipment, and when other mutual terms 
of the contract have been violated by the buyer the seller has the 
right to cancel the contract or to resell the goods in the open market 
for the buyer's account. In the latter event the country feed dealer 
or buyer is liable to the seller if any loss is incurred. The seller 
should give the buyer prompt notice after the cancellation of the con- 
tract or the resale of the goods is made. In case of failure on the 
part of the seller to make shipment, the buyer may rescind either the 
contract or buy-in for the seller's account, in which case the seller is 
liable for the loss incurred by the buyer. Arrangements are often 
made between mryers and sellers to cancel contracts by paying the 
difference between the contract and the market price. 
When shipping directions are furnished by the buyer before the 
expiration of the time allowance and the shipments are made by the 
seller before the buyer has given notice of his intention to exercise his 
option to cancel by paying the marginal difference, the shipment must 
be accepted. 
Invoices received by buyers should always be carefully checked 
with the bill of lading and freight bills to detect possible errors. 
Unknowingly dealers sometimes have paid double freight charges 
on shipments consigned to them which would not have happened if 
proper care had been exercised, as overcharges due to misroutings or 
railroad errors are easily detected when invoices are properly audited. 
That dealers should pay freight charges twice on the same ship- 
ment seems almost unbelievable, yet it is a fact that thousands of 
dollars in freight and other charges are annually paid by them for 
