. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE JMf BULLETIN No. 1124 | s^^'^u. JTU^ <^W<-. Washington, D. C. November 20, 1922 THE MARKETING OF MILL FEEDS. By G. C. Wheelee, Investiffator in Feed Marketing, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. CONTENTS. How feeds are sold by mills 2 Handling of feedstuffs by cooperative societies 9 Trade rules 9 Grades 11 Page. How to study market conditions 15 What to ascertain about prices quoted 17 Feedstuff's laws 18 Present needs of the trade 19 Much has been written about nutritive v
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE JMf BULLETIN No. 1124 | s^^'^u. JTU^ <^W<-. Washington, D. C. November 20, 1922 THE MARKETING OF MILL FEEDS. By G. C. Wheelee, Investiffator in Feed Marketing, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. CONTENTS. How feeds are sold by mills 2 Handling of feedstuffs by cooperative societies 9 Trade rules 9 Grades 11 Page. How to study market conditions 15 What to ascertain about prices quoted 17 Feedstuff's laws 18 Present needs of the trade 19 Much has been written about nutritive values of various feeding stuffs and the popular method of arriving at them, but comparatively little is known by the average consumer about the merchandising of feedstuffs, or about what happens to a car of feed from the time it is sold by the manufacturer or miller until it finally reaches the re- tailer. A thorough understanding of the various phases of feed marketing would enable the dairyman to purchase his feed more advantageousl^j^ and at the same time would place him in a position to determine with little effort approximately what prices he should pay for straight feeds delivered at his station. it has been estimated that there are at least 3,000 feed jobbers in the United States. The number of retail dealers engaged in the feed-distributing business is conjectural, but a survey made during 1918 disclosed that approximately 15,000 firms handled feedstuffs in the northeastern section of the country, comprising the States of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Vermont. Many of these firms, of course, handled feeds only as a side line. According to figures published by the Bureau of the Census, the farmers' feed bill for 1919 was $1,097,452,187. Millions of tons of by-products of mills which formerly were allowed to go to waste are now utilized in the manufacture of mixed feeds, or are sold straig
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