1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



635 



St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 10. 



1. Cases with glass fronts, 34 to 3(5 lbs. 



2. Choice white in cans, either jacket or 

 square; common and amber in barrels. 



3. One-pound. 



4. First of October to first of January. 



5. Should tend to stiffen prices. There is 

 quite a good deal of old California in our mar- 

 ket. 



6. Receipts are lighter. 



Westcott Commission Co. 



Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 8. 



1. Single-story cases, 10, 20, and 30 lbs. each. 



2. Either or all kinds of packages named 

 mostly preferred; kegs and 60-lb. cans and 

 half-barrels for white honey'; dark honey in 

 barrels and half-barrels. 



3. Oae-pound sections, almost invariably. 



•4. There is no regular rule; usually early 

 shipments in September. 



5. It will have a tendency to improve values. 



6. The receipts have been more and earlier, 

 for new. A. V. Bishop & Co. 



Cleveland, O., Aug. 7. 



1. Cases containing 34 sections of about 20 to 

 22 lbs. weight. 



2. Packages for extracted honey, square cans 

 holding about 60 lbs. 



3. Weight of sections should be a little less 

 than one pound. 



4. We get the best prices in August and Sep- 

 tember, but sell more goods in l3ecember and 

 January. 



5. We do not think the absence of California 

 honey will have very much effect. 



6. Receipts of honey so far have been more 

 than last year up to this time. 



Williams Bros. 



Denver, Col., Aug. 10. 



1. For comb honey, a double-tier 24-lb. ship- 

 ping-case. 



3. For extracted honey, 60-lb. cans, two in 

 case. 



3. Full-weignt sections, 10 oz. to lb., sell best 

 (Wtol). 



4. We get the best prices in the early spring 

 months. 



5. It will have the effect of giving us better 

 prices and sales. 



6. Our honey receipts so far are lighter than 

 last year. R. K. & J. C. Fkisbee. 



Chicago, 111., Aug. 8, 1896. 



1. 12 and 24 lb. 



2. 60-lb. cans and barrels. 



3. Sections weighing not to exceed 16 ounces 

 and not less than 15. 



4. September and October. 



5. All commodities are extremely low this 

 year — pork, grain, potatoes, apples, butter, and 

 eggs and dried fruits. We believe the condi- 

 tion of the country doesn't warrant high prices 

 on comb honey. We will endeavor to hold our 

 market on fancy white 1-lb. sections at 15c per 

 lb. We can not predict at this writing, but will 

 be in position to answer this question about 

 September 1. 



6. Our receipts this year far surpass any oth- 

 er year as to quality. We will say the quality 

 is excellent. The shipping-cases are perfect. 



S. T. Fish & Co. 



Riverside, Cal., Aug. 10. 

 1. 24-Ib. shipping-cases are what the trade 

 asks for, for comb honey; 5-gallon square cans 

 are cheaper, and best package we have for ex- 

 tracted honey in California. 



2. Buyers of comb honey frequently stipulate 

 that sections shall not weigh more than one 

 pound. 



3. I would advocate the uniform use of IJi 

 sections, and that producers always use sepa- 

 rators. 



4. The time of year in which best prices are 

 realized depends altogether on the extent of the 

 crop, both in the year in which selling is done 

 and the year previous. We realized best prices 

 in California in July of last year, owing to the 

 partial failure of the eastern crop the year be- 

 fore. This season, when light crop follows 

 large one, best prices will be realized later. 



5 Eastern honey should be higher. 



6. Honey crop in California for 1890 will be 

 about 7 per cent of the crop of 1895. There will 

 not be one car of honey made in California from 

 wild forage-plants. B. F. Brooks. 



Springfield, Mass., Aug. 11. 



1. We prefer a package containing 25 to 30 

 lbs. honey, in short 1-lb. packages. 



2. We have had very little to do with ex- 

 tracted honey, therefore we could not give a 

 satisfactory answer to this question. We do 

 not handle sufficient to quote on. 



3. Answered in No. 1. Short pounds sell best 

 in this market. 



4 From the latter part of August to the first 

 of January we have our best market, although 

 we have had a very nice trade from January 

 1st until April 1st in some seasons, owing to the 

 condition of other things in the market at the 

 time that tend to take away the sale of honey. 



5. We have had very little California honey 

 in this market, therefore do not know how it 

 would affect the sale of York State honey. 



0. We can not give you any answer that will 

 be in any way satisfactory to you, as the season 

 has not yet commenced for honey, and will not 

 for about two weeks as yet. We expect to have 

 a very satisfactory sale of honey this fall, and 

 no doubt we shall have a very nice market. 

 Perkins & Hatch. 



New York, Aug. 10. 



1. Single-tier, holding 24 one-pound sections. 



3. California and Arizona, in 60-lb. cans, 3 in 

 case; southern and western, in barrels and 

 half-barrels; New York State and Eastern, in 

 kegs. The trade being accustomed to these 

 packages, we would not favor changing them. 



3. One-pound section only, light weight al- 

 ways. No demand for any other size or weight. 



4. For comb honey, during September, Octo- 

 ber, and part of November. Extracted selling 

 all the year, will depend on supply and demand. 



5. There is no total absence of California 

 honey; besides, quite a lot was carried over. 

 Last year's crop of California honey was very 

 large, while in all other producing centers it 

 was very light. This year it is the reverse, 

 large crop all over excepting California. The 

 competition of California, therefore, being nom- 

 inal, fair prices should be obtainable for east- 

 ern and western honey. If the crop of Califor- 

 nia had turned out as large as that of last year, 

 there is no doubt that prices would have gone 

 still lower than those of last year. 



6. Receipts from the South have been much 

 larger than those of last season. No receipts 

 from other centers as yet. 



HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken. 



Cincinnati, O., Aug. 10. 



1. Glassed cases holding 12, 30, or 34 lb. sec- 

 tions, no difference whether single or double 

 tier, are most popular. 



2. Barrels, half-barrels, and crates of two 



