Vol. XTIII. 



AUGUST 15, 1890. 



No. 16. 



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SHIPPING AND SELLING HONEY. 



SOMETHING FURTHER ON THE SUBJECT, FROM 

 OUR COMMISSION MEN. 



Since our last issue we have received the 

 following in reply to the series of questions 

 propounded on page 551, from E. J. Walker, 

 of Philadelphia : 



1. 24 sections, about 20 lbs. 



3. 4 !-/ X 41/4. 



3. We prefer that sections shall hold a little lees 

 than a pound. 



4. Our customers sell by the section. 



5. None, if put up in nice shape (paper boxes). 



6. Either one sells. 



7. 60-lb. cans, two in a case. 



8. Any time after June 1. 



9. Go over it all and put it in shape. 

 10. We never buy, unless very low. 



REMARKS. 



We think this a good year to get back what was 

 lost last year in low prices; and the shipper who 

 gets his goods on the market early is the man to get 

 all the advantage; for if the party does not need 

 the money on his stock, and there were a chance 

 for an advance in price, the seller or commission 

 man is best calculated to know that, and can be 

 more independent, and hold it for better prices; 

 and if It is a large crop he can have it to sell when 

 buyers come along. 



You ask whether, if the shipper sends his crop on 

 commission, he can get more for it than if he sells 

 outright. Well, that depends very much on circum- 

 stances, and what he can get for it. If he can sell 

 at the top price, no doubt that is best; but the de- 

 mand for comb honey varies so much sometimes 

 that we do not sell much before the new year; and 

 then, again, much is sold after that time; and the 



lower the price, the more of it is consumed; and 

 as for extracted, it may sell all the time for manu- 

 facturing cakes, etc. Last year, if we had held our 

 stock a little longer we might have got more for it; 

 but then, two weeks later there was no demand. 

 We are this year in much better shape to get prices, 

 as we are known now as the depot for honey, and 

 the only ones handling honey in a large way. 



If the bee-keepers would not ship to every man 

 who is merely in the commission business, they 

 would get more for their goods, as most commission 

 men do not know how to take care of honey ; and if it 

 should come to them in a leaky condition they sell 

 at any price to get it out of the way, without going 

 over it as we do, taking out the broken and selling 

 it at a price for broken, and getting a regular price 

 for the man who sends it. In that way the market 

 is not broken in prices, and parties could not get 

 hold of it late at such low prices, to retail it so low 

 that other buyers will not buy it, as they can not 

 pay regular prices and compete. So our advice 

 would be to all who have honey, to consign it to 

 one party in a city, and make that headquarters for 

 honey there; we could have a wholesale and retail 

 price for honey, which would make a fair average 

 for the shipper. We must have the small buyer as 

 well as the large one, to use up the odds and ends 

 and small lots. 



Our advice in shipping honey is to send 24 sections 

 to the case, 20 to 22 pounds to the case, and pack 

 about 100 to 150 pounds to the case or crate; in oth- 

 er words, pack 6 to 8 boxes in a lot, as the cases 

 come cleaner, and are not so liable to break down 

 in handling. Freight is the best way to send it; 

 no matter how the extracted is sent. Cans, 2 in a 

 case, are preferable. E. J. Walker. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 1. 



Since the receipt of the above, the follow- 



