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HONEY MARKETS 



SKr'l'KMI'.KU, 10 IS 



The honey market remains very strong, 

 and there is a lively demand for all the hon- 

 ey put on the market. The tendency of 

 prices is upward at present, but we have no 

 predictions to make as to what the market 

 will eventually do. Below we quote the 

 prices as given by the Government Bureau 

 of Markets and by leading dealers in large 

 cities as quoted to us. These should have 

 the careful study of the beekeeper with 

 honey to sell. 



Honey was placed on the Government 's 

 ' ' export conservation list ' ' on Aug. 10. This 

 means that all exjjorts of honey hereafter 

 will be strictly under government supervi- 

 sion, and that sales abroad by private firms 

 at any price and on any terms, without the 

 U. S. Government's permission, has b#en 

 stopped. The Government 's action regard- 

 ing tlie exjjort of honey is probably due to 

 the fact that tlie United States means surely 

 to provide for its own and the Allies ' need 

 of honey. We don 't know that tliis Govern- 

 ment action affects the jirice of honey. 

 U. S. Government Market Reports. 



HONKY ARRIVALS SIXCE AUG. 1 AT IMPORTANT 

 COMMBR(^IAL POINTS. 



Medina, O. — Alabama, 1,133 lbs.; Mississippi, 

 29,614 lbs.; Peinnsvlvania, 26,917 lbs.; North Caro- 

 lina, 15,66.5 lbs.; Florida, 11,284 lbs. 



SHIPPING POINT INFORMATION, AUG. 14. 



Los. Angeles, Cal. — Supplies cleaning up. De- 

 mand active, firm feeling. Cash to producer on 

 farm: extracted, white, 21 1/^ -22c; light amber, 

 20%-211/^c; amber, few sales, 15-16c per lb. Comb 

 honey, $6.00-$6.50 per case. Beeswax: 34-36c 

 per lb. 



San Francisco. — Shipments liberal. Demand and 

 movement good, steady feeling. Wagonloads, track 

 side, extracted per lb.: water white, 22-23e; sage 

 white, 21-22c; alfalfa white, 20-21c; light amber, 

 r9-20c: dark amber, 1.5-16c. Beeswax: 33-36c per 

 lb. 



Caldwell, Ida. — (Unofficial.) — No sales. Inquiry 

 steady. Crop not made yet. 



Yakima, Wash. — Shipments light. Growers hold' 

 ing for higher prices. Few sales reported. Cash to 

 producers, alfalfa white, in 5-gallon cans, 22^/^0 

 per lb. 



TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS FROM AUG. 15 MARKETS. 



Portland. — Demand active, strong feeling. Some 

 growers holding for higher prices. Cash to produc- 

 ers, extracted, amber 15-18c per lb.; light amber 

 17-21c; white, 20-24c. Comb honey, $4.75-$5.25 

 per case. Sales to manufacturers, amber, 18c per 

 lb.; light, 22c; white, 25c. Sales direct to retailers, 

 extracted, water white alfalfa, 5-gal. jackets, 27c 

 per lb., 2-gal. jackets, 29c per lb. 



Cincinnati. — 1,700 lbs. Florida, 988 lbs. Ken- 

 tucky, 3,510 lbs. Alabama arrived. Supplies very 

 light. Demand and movement slow. Market firm. 

 Few sales. Sales to jobbers, extracted, California, 



Beeswax, demand 

 steady, few sales. 



white orangei, 25-26c per lb. 

 and movement slow, market 

 Average yellow, 37-40e per lb. 



Denver. — Approximately 100,000 lbs. extracted, 

 1,300 case.s comb arrived. Demand and movement 

 good, firm feeling. Quality and condition generally 

 good. Sales to jobbers, comb, 24-section cases, No. 

 1 white, $6.50; No. 2, $6.00. Extracted, white 

 to light amber, 23-25c per lb. 



Kansas City.- — 14,200 packages by express and 

 approximately 750 lbs. extracted by freight arrived. 

 Receipts very light. Demand poor, movement limit- 

 ed, weak feeling. Sales to jobbers, comb, native 

 Missouri, cpiality and condition generally good, 24- 

 Fection flat cases, light, $6.50-$7.50. " Extracted, 

 ouality and condition generally good, 18-23c per lb. 

 Beeswax, receipts very light, supplies light, demand 

 light, movemetU limited, firm feeling, sales to job- 

 1 cr^-. 35-;!Hi- pel' II'. 



New Y()rk.--:!17 );lils, :in.l 'J.'", tierces Torlii Kico, 



1 car Ciiliforiiia. Receipts moderate, demand light, 

 movement slow, market firm. .Sales to jobbers, ex- 

 tracted, per gallon. Porto Rican, $2.35-$2.4r>. 

 mostly $2.40; California, light amber, $3.00-$3.12' 

 white $3.20-$3.25. Beeswax, arrivals 178 bags 

 "West Indias, 4 bbls. 8 boxes, 19 bales, .6 bags, Porto 

 Kico; 42 bags Cuba. Receipts increasing. Demand 

 and movement good, market firm. Per pound, yel- 

 low 43-44c; dark 42-43c; some poorer as low as 37c. 



St. Louis. — No arrivals. Supplies light. Too 

 few sales to establish market. 



Chicago. — Supplies light. Demand and move- 

 ment moderate. Sales to jobbers, extracted, white 

 23-24c; amber, 21-22c per lb,; comb No. 1, 27-28c 

 per lb. Beeswax, prime 3 6-3 8c per lb. 



Minneapolis. — Minnesota receipts very light. Sup- 

 plies cleaned up. Very few sales. Sales direct to 

 retailers, comb honey, 24-section cases, $6.50. Ex- 

 tracted, no supijlies. 



Philadelphia. — Arrivals, 7,000 lbs. New York, 

 4,000 lbs. New Jersey, 1 car California, 3,000 lbs. 

 Pennsylvania, 90,000 lbs. Florida. Sales princi- 

 pally to soft drink dealers; New York, Penrfsyl- 

 vania. New .Jersey, 5-gallon cans, extracted, 20-22e, 

 mostly 20c per lb.; Florida and domestic, 22c; 

 California bulk, 22i^c per lb. 



St. Paul. — Minnesota receipts very light. Sup- 

 plies cleaned up. Very few sales. Sales direct to 

 retailers, comb honey, 24-section cases, $6.50; ex- 

 tracted, no supplies. Charles J. Brand, 



Chief of Bureau of Markets. 



Washington, D. C, Aug. 15. 



General Quotations of Wholesalers. 



I Tliese iirnis are asked to (piote the wliole- 

 sale prices they make to retailers. Accord- 

 ingly their prices must be figured at least 

 one profit higher than the price paid the pro- 

 ducer. The large dealers do not quote prices 

 in print that they will pay futurely to pro- 

 ducers.] 



NEW YORK. — We quote from several of the 

 leading honey dealers in New York, date of Aug. 

 14-15, as follows: "Market strong; light amber 

 extracted, 25c." "Some Porto Rican arriving and 

 selling readily at $2.45 to $2.50 per gallon. Not 

 much new white crop yeit received. Buyers tiro 

 offering producers 20 to 22c, f. o. b. cars for while' 

 no comb honey arrived. Extracted, white, 2.')C." 

 "Panic in export trade; every one trying to uiiload 

 as no shipping space is available and the geneial 

 opinion is that England will makei a 'naximiim pri( e 

 as they have done on sugar syrup and molasses. 

 Comb honey, extra fancv, per case, .1^7.00: f.'incv, 

 $7.25; No. 1, $7.00. Extracted, white, 23c; ligjit 

 aml.er, 22c; amber. 21c. Beeswax, 40c." "Siiot 

 offerings command premium of 2 to 3 cent« un'ii 

 good quantities arrive to make competition in thi . 

 market. Until the market is firm high prices will 

 prevail thru brokers' and jobbers' lots. Comb hon- 

 ey, extra fancv, $5.50 to $6.00; No. 1, $5.25 to 

 $5.50. Extracted, white, per lb., 22 to 25c; light 

 amber, in cans, 20 tO' 22c ; amber 18 to 20c." 



CHICAGO. — Comb honey is now coming forward 

 and is meeting witTi a ready sale. No. 1 fancy 

 brings 30'c to 32c per lb. No amber honeys offered. 

 Extracted honey, light amber in cans, is bringing 

 18c to 19c per lb. ; white 20c to 22c per lb. ac- 

 cording to Isody, flavor, and color. Beeswax is 

 steady at 35c to 38c per lb. 



Chicago, 111., Aug. 16. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



KANSAS CITY. — The market on honey is only 

 fair. Shipments are a little heavier. Comb honev, 

 fancv, per case, $5.50 to $6.00; No. 1, $5.50 to 

 $6.00. Extracted honey, white, per lb., 24c; light 

 amber, in cans, 22c; amber, 20c. Clean, average 

 yellow beeswax, per lb., 35c. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 14. 



ST. LOUIS. — Very little ne-w comb honey is ar- 

 riving in this market, and demand is quiet. Some 

 Southern extracted has arrived, but local extracted 

 will be rather scarce this year. Southern extrai ted 

 in good demand past week. Quotations 1 elow arei 

 nominal and according to (ir.ality ;Mid (]uantily. 

 Comb hoiK'y, extra fancy (per easel, $6.1)0; fancy, 

 $5..^>0: No. 1, .f^.dO; No. 2, $4.50. Kxti acted lion 



