General impressions of the country merchant . THE FINE DOUBLE STORE OF W. L. FENNER, ALMOND, N. Y. MR. W. L. FENNER,proprietor of a gen-eral store located atAlmond (600 popu-lation), Allegany County, says:We prefer to handle advertisedgoods. Weve got to make aneffort to move goods that are un-advertised. Ninety-five per centof his trade is with farmers, andhe says that they usually callfor groceries by name. Practi-cally all of Mr. Fenners largestock is made up of well-knownbrands. FARMERS WIVES BUY PREPARED FOODS None-Such Mince Meat is a good seller among our farm trade. The farmers wivesof
General impressions of the country merchant . THE FINE DOUBLE STORE OF W. L. FENNER, ALMOND, N. Y. MR. W. L. FENNER,proprietor of a gen-eral store located atAlmond (600 popu-lation), Allegany County, says:We prefer to handle advertisedgoods. Weve got to make aneffort to move goods that are un-advertised. Ninety-five per centof his trade is with farmers, andhe says that they usually callfor groceries by name. Practi-cally all of Mr. Fenners largestock is made up of well-knownbrands. FARMERS WIVES BUY PREPARED FOODS None-Such Mince Meat is a good seller among our farm trade. The farmers wivesof today do not work as hard as they used to, and are buying more prepared foods, saysMr. Pitcher of Pitcher & Wayne, a general store at Voorheesville (550 population), inAlbany County. MOST FARMERS OWN AUTOMOBILES NOW A town of 3,000 population in the central part of the state recently put in brick pave-ment through the main street. The old hitching posts were not reinstated, to the disgust ofthe small minority offarmers who as yet donotow
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