about $4. t hen again, many of us have 
rim too far into special crops. When to¬ 
matoes bring $2 a basket it is easy to 
say that wo will not raise hay or grain or 
similar crops. "We can buy them eheap_ 
er." Then when tomatoes drop to 25 
cents we are, in a much smaller way, like 
those Western farmers who bought farms 
at $300 an acre when corn was bringing 
$1.75 a bushel. Then corn dropped to 40 
cents or lower, while the face of the mort¬ 
gage never showed a dimple of change! 
This year, with the great surplus of all 
mil' goods, the market advantage is all 
with the buyers. While 1 have my opin¬ 
ion of these buyers, l am willing to give 
their side of it. after interviewing several 
of them. They sa.v they are a necessity 
to farmers, since they provide a market 
for much stuff that could not otherwise 
bft sold. Not one farmer in 10, they sa.v, 
is fitted to sell direct. Without these 
buyers much of his stuff would be wasted, 
“We have all got to live,” and the buyers 
sa.v they earn all the money they get. 
Most that they buy from a farmer must 
he taken on chance of poor packing and 
cull goods, especially when prices are low. 
They have to throw away part of every 
purchase, and they must buy cheap and 
sell high in order to live'. “Look at the 
life we lead," said one man, and I looked 
and did not enjoy the prospect. This man 
goes on the market at two in the morning 
to buy his load. By daybreak he starts 
peddling and keeps it up until his goods 
are sold, usually late in the afternoon. 
Tie must be back on the market again for 
a new load. I cannot see where or when 
such men sleep. I understand there are 
some big produce men and storekeepers 
who are sad victims of insomnia. Very 
likely it is the result of such lives as 
these peddler and buyers are forced to 
live. For anyone who habitually turns 
nicht into da.v must in time become ab¬ 
normal. I have heard it said that the 
greatest test of business is the ability to 
buy from a Scotchman and sell to a He¬ 
brew and make a profit. Buying front a 
Jersey farmer and selling to a critical 
housewife with little money is nearly as 
good a test. II. W. C. 
(To Be Continued) 
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nf fungicide. In the barnyard, sODie seeds 
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