Many farmers made aad mistakes is not
sellinir their grain, nutter, cneese, c,
when fair nriees were offered. Grain
is alwavs subject to more or less loss
when stored waiting for a market, and
butter often deteriorate rapidly iu
quality after it is ready for a purchaser,
ow. the experience or iarmers gener
allv is.lthat one does better to sell his
Droducts whenever he Is offered what
may he considered a fair price, than to
"hold on" lor a mgner price tnat may
and may not be offered. Farmers should
be their own judges as to a future rise
In the market ana not trust wnat eui
tors of leading paper say, who in nine
cases out of ten, are no better judges of
the future than are "level beaded"
farmers. Then we have a class of men
dealing in farm products who make it
a business to deceive the public as to
cominz values. For instance, the
holders of large quantities of grain
bought low will get up a canard about
short crops" either at the west or Fin
Europe. Xot long ago a report came
from Chicago that esents or ttie t reneh
government were in Illinois contracting
lor immense quantitiesof breadstuff to
feed the rench army In view or
probable civil war soon in France
This was undoubtedly a humbug to raise
the prices of wheat and corn to enable
heavy holders to sell out at an auvance
and having "unloaded" these fellows
will then circulate reports or something
to lower the prices of grain, so that they
can fill their storehouses again at low
figures, if the war between Russia
and Turkey shall continue till next
year, I think the prices of grain will re
main ahout as they now are; but if the
war should be brought to a close before
the year expires, the price of Rraln will
probably go down ten or fifteen per
cent.
