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I A STANDARD HONEY GRADER | 



g 'I'lu' luiiu'x- 111 iidiii rr lui ib — Mi'.d has loiiR I'.C'iled — a staiuhiid lidiiry-sradpr Iiy tlie use of = 



= wliich lie could al.solutely determine tlie svade of liis luniey as to color, whether he lives in Cali- = 



= fornia or Maine. There has heretofore lieen no standard. The producer of honey and the buyer ^ 



= of honey have each had in his own mind his own standard. Accordingly they have differed ;ind M 



^ hasrsled, resulting- in confusion and misunderstanding and sometimes in had feeling. This con- M 



^ dilion has been a positive detriment to the honey Ini.siness ever\ whei e. ^ 



M Recognizing the gieat I'eed of a standard honey-grader, so that lionc,\ could be graded just M 



^ as grain is accuiately graded in all niarke's the i-ame. experts in the A. I. Root Company set to = 



^ work on the problem several years ago. Experiments of every kind in the testing of colors and = 



^ ( olor materials \\ c : e begun. A large number of expert* in the honey industry thruoiit the coun- g 



M try were consulted as to the standard of shades of honey to be adopted and the number of such ^ 



M shades to be made standard. Saaiples of shades were submitted to these various experts and to ^ 



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g many large honey producei^, till a practii ally un:'nim:nis agreement was reached in adopting g 



g shades of " water white." " white." " light amber." " amber," and " dark." Only after com- = 



^ paring the colors of various hone\s fro.ii e\ ery part of America were these shades adopted as ^ 



^ standard. ^ 



= ExperimeLUts with colored liciuids in small containers and many combinations of colored glass g 



= were made. The jiroblems and difficulties in securing exact sbades of colors and permanency of g 



g such colors were many. Simplicity, practicability and permanency as well as definiteness of color ^ 



M were kept foremost in mind. It was finally determined that colored glass and only colored glass ^ 



= could meet the never-fading and never-changing requirements m furnishing standard honey ^ 



M colors. Paint, coloied ce'hiloid, colored liquids, etc., all change color when long subjected to light. ^ 



^ The glass-makei's of America and Europe were then consulted, and asked to match in glass = 



^ the shades of honey agreed upon as standard. No American glass-maker could meet the re- = 



= quirements; but a glass-maker of France was found who could — and did, altho at very large = 



= expeujei. M 



I TFli: ROOT HONEY GRADER | 



M So today, after years of e-xperimeniing and advising, we are prepared to furnish the hon- ^ 



^ e\ producers of America a standard honey-grader — simple, convenient and certain. It has already g 



M been adopted as standard by the California Honey Producers' Co-operative Exchange and by = 



M Airline. Tlie accompanying illustralicn shows at a glance what it is and how it is used. The = 



^ f.ve standard honey shades aie reproduced 'n j-mall glass plates which are inserted in a wooden ^ 



M frame provided with round cut holes beside each glass plate for the ijisertion of a saiall glass = 



g container which is standardized size. A sample of the honey to 1 e graded is put in this con- ^ 



= taincr. which then m^y 1 e inserted in any bna of the holes 1 etween the grade cobirs nearest ^ 



= ni:tlching it, and the grade is thus de evmined. g 



M \Ve shall be glad to furnish fu'.l :nfoym;',t\in to all producers of honey interested in this g 



M truly ■' long felt want." M 



M (.\n cirly-oider discount of 5 per cent en all beekeepers supplies oi'dered in Oitolier.) ^ 



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