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law, and that parties that are marketing 

 their product in this way will probably be 

 subject to the regular penalties. 



The Bureau of Chemistry has ruled that 

 when the minimum net-weight principle is 

 used, it must indic;il(> as nearly as practica- 

 ble tlie actual weiiiht of the section. To mark 

 every section " 6 oz." defeats the very in- 

 tent of the law, as can be readily seen. 

 Technically it may comply with the law, 

 but in spirit it docs not; and Uncle Sam 

 has given us the word that unless the prac- 

 tice is discontinued he will hold the guilty 

 parties severely responsible. 



Increasing the Demand for Honey 

 Cakes ; a Suggestion to our Readers 



If every reader of this journal would 

 take pains to inquire for honey cakes or 

 cakes that contain honey at the local gro- 

 cery, it would increase the demand for 

 honey foods enormously. Enormously, did 

 we say'? Yes, providing ererij reader does 

 make these inquiries. The grocer will put 

 in a larger stock and make an effort to push 

 the goods. 



Most of you have honey for sale. Why 

 not increase the demand for honey cakes 

 and thus, of course, the demand for medium 

 grades of honey used for cooking and 

 baking? 



Then why does not somebody put up a 

 canning-factory using honey as a sweeten- 

 ing agent ? The honey business and the 

 fruit business depend on bees. Why not 

 build up both lines so there will be a larger 

 demand for honey'/ Fruits canned in hon- 

 ey ! The verj- suggestion sounds good and 

 is good. 



The Ontario Crop Report Again 



Ox p. 698 for Sept. 1st we gave Mr. 

 Morley Pettit credit for the complete honey 

 crop report issued. Referring to this he 

 begs lea\e to make some corrections. He 

 writes: 



Mr. hoot: — I wish to (hank you for your kind 

 words in editorial, page f>98, on crop reports in 

 Onl.irio, but feel like making one or two corrections. 



The credit for the work of crop reporting in 

 Ontario is due more largely to the committee — 

 Messrs. Wm. Couse, H. G. Sibbald, and W. J. Craig, 

 than it is to the secretary, in that the work was in- 

 auirnrated in 1903, when the present secretary was 

 a very junior member of the Ontario Beekeepers' 

 Association. Then, while the report is from 19,107 

 colonies, it is from only 300 members, and is valu- 

 able for averages, but not for totals. I would not 

 go so far as to say that this report gives much of 

 an idea of the amount of honey in sight in On- 

 tario; at least, we- are far from satisfied with the 

 fact that only 300 out of about 1400 members re- 

 ported, and that there are at leaet six or seven 



thousand beekeepers in Ontario who are not even 

 .uombers. It is true, however, that this annual ve- 

 jjort has been of j;reat value in standardizing prices 

 of hone>. Dealers have come to watch for this re- 

 port with the same interest and confidence as bee- 

 keepers, and some have gone so far as to become 

 members of the Association, so as to be sure of re- 

 ceiving our publications regularly. 



The " Dark-honey-crop Report " recently issued, 

 a copy of which I am enclosing, shows that, in spite 

 of the depression, owing to war conditions, honey is 

 selling freely, and is going to be looked upon by 

 many as being as much a necessity as fruit, at least. 



Guelph, Ca., Sept. 14. Morley Pettit. 



A Manual of Bee Husbandry for New 

 Jersey 



There has just been issued by the New 

 Jersey State Board of Agriculture a book 

 on bees, of 72 pages, by Elmer G. Carr, 

 deputy of the State Entomologist in bee- 

 insi^ection work. The conditions in New 

 Jersey are quite peculiar. There are al- 

 most no large beekeepers in the state, and 

 the flora is comparatively limited; but ac- 

 cording to Mr. Carr's manual the industry 

 can be very materially developed. Instead 

 of averaging only 14 lbs. per colony it 

 v/ould be possible mth a better knowledge 

 of bees to secure nearly 50 lbs. In fact, 

 this bulletin was issued in order that a 

 " more thorough and widespread knowledge 

 of the general principles of good bee man- 

 agement " might be available. 



Mr. CaiT is a good beekeeper, and, so 

 far as we ha\e been able to go over his 

 work, we have found it correct and ortho- 

 dox in its teachings. It was prepared with 

 special reference to conditions in New Jer- 

 sey; and every beekeeper in that state, at 

 least, and, in fact, everj' farmer and fruit- 

 grower in New Jersey, should secure a 

 copy. We presume it can be obtained by 

 residents of the state by a mere application 

 to the State Board of Agriculture, Trenton, 

 N. J. Ask for Bulletin of Bee Husbandry 

 bv Elmer G. Carr. 



The Abuse of "Bait Sections," the 

 Dannrer of Feeding Back to Finish 

 up Comb Honey 



.\ LARGE buyer of honey recently told us 

 that many comb-honey producers are mak- 

 ing a mistake in allowing their " bait sec- 

 tions " to go in with the rest of their comb 

 honey that is sent to market. Tha-^e "baits'' 

 are always inferior to the combs produced 

 on foundation, built out, filled, and capped 

 the same season. The great trouble with 

 the "baits" is that they granulate almost 

 immediately after they leave the producer's 

 hands; and a section of granulated honey 



