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instance. The latter makes up his product, fig¬ 
ures out what it cost him to make the product, 
and then adds enough for a reasonable profit. 
But the farmer cannot do this, due to unorgan¬ 
ized marketing. All he can do now is to watch 
the markets, and then when his wheat, or any 
other commodity, reaches a high point, he will 
haul it to town and sell it, if he is so situated 
as to properly store the product without loss. 
More often, however, he has to haul his grain 
to market immediately after it has been 
threshed, as he lacks storing space, and thereby 
is forced to accept the prevailing market price 
at the height of the harvesting season, which 
price is usually at a low point. Much is now 
being done, however, to provide storage ware¬ 
houses for the farmers products, rendering him 
independent of such conditions. There has been 
much speculation in wheat in the past, at the 
farmer’s expense, but with better marketing 
facilities, this will probably be eliminated. 
BARLEY/ 
/ 
Barley as a grain crop, is not raised as ex¬ 
tensively as either corn, wheat or oats. How¬ 
ever, recent experiments have shown that it 
has an excellent feeding value, when mixed 
with other feeds, for farm animals, especially 
hogs and dairy cattle. It was previously raised 
in this country for malting purposes, but is 
now used chiefly as a feed for farm animals. 
Barley is one of the oldest grains known to 
man, it being mentioned in one of the first 
books of the Bible. 
