COMB HONEY. 



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COMB HONEY. 



During 190f) Mr. .1. E. Crane, of Middle- 

 Itury, Vt., devised a straw-board cellular 

 .shipi)ing-case in which no wood at all is used. 

 The corrugations of the material not only 

 stiflen the jiackage, l)ut serve as an excellent 

 cushion for the tojts, sides, and ends, as well 

 as the l)ottoms of the sections. By referring 

 to the series of illustrations shown herewith, 

 it will be seen that the case is made of sev- 

 eral tliicknesses of this cellular strawboard. 



Apparently one would get the impression 

 that a shipping-case or container for comb 



condition— that is to say, with less breakage 

 and leakage— than takes place with the or- 

 dinary wooden cases. The reason of this is 

 apparent from the fact that the wooden cases 

 are stiff and unyielding, while the cellular 

 strawboard containers not only cushion the 

 whole case of sections but each individual 

 section itself. 



There are different ways in which these 

 strawboard cases may be made ui). The 

 next set of illustrations shows a slightly dif- 

 ferent style. While these cost somewhat 



CllANE S COKKUGATJED -PAPER SHIPPING-CASES. INSIDE ILLUSTRATION OF THE SAIVIP:. 

 NO AMOUNT OF POUNDING ON THE FLAT SIDE INJURES THE HONEY. 



honey made out of i)aper could not possibly 

 Ije as strong as one made of wood. To a 

 certain extent this is true; but in another 

 sense the strawboard cases with their cross- 

 partitions are much stronger than the wood- 

 en ones without the cross-partitions. In 

 one of the illustrations Mr. Crane himself is 

 seen standing with the ball of his foot in the 

 center of the case, his weight being sustain- 

 ed by the cross-partitions, which are a trifle 

 taller than the sections themselves. From 

 some iJi-eliminary tests, made by Mr. Crane 

 and others, cftmb honey in these cases goes 

 tlirough jto destination in very much better 



more than the Crane models they are rather 

 stronger, because of the extra thickness and 

 flaps that are used in the construction. 

 Then there is the further advantage that 

 they can be put up more comitactly in the 

 knockdown, and have only one joint. 



Of course, it is perfectly evident that these 

 light strawboard cellular cases of either 

 pattern can not be secured by nailing. Aft- 

 er the sections are put in place the cases 

 are closed, and bound securely with strong 

 cords; and these cords, by the way, serve as 

 an additional cushion to the pile of cases, 

 and at the same time they enable one to pick 



