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all means avoid miscellaneous boxes. Have uniform sizes all 

 around. 



2. Square tin cans holding five gallons, or about 60 

 pounds each, packed two to the wooden case, with a wooden 

 partition between, strong tinware, and good cases, by all 

 means. 



3. One-pound sections. 



4. October, November, and December for comb ; and 

 these months, with the early spring months added, for ex- 

 tracted. 



b. The failure of the California crop will enable Eastern 

 producers to market their stocks at better prices. Still, there 

 will be plenty of honey. 



6. Our receipts of local-grown comb honey this year have 

 already been numerous, and are of a much better quality than 

 those we have had in previous years. There is in this section 

 of the country a marked improvement in the method of pro- 

 ducing, packing, grading, and shipping honey, which promises 

 well for the future. The flavor of this year's Wisconsin, Min- 

 nesota, and northern Iowa honey is unusually good. 



S. H. H. & Co. 



Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 8. 



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



2. Either or all kinds of packages named mostly pre- 

 ferred; kegs and 60-pound cans and half-barrels for white 

 honey ; dark honey in barrels and half-barrels. 



3. One-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. B. & Co. 



Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 7. 



1. Cases containing 24 sections of about 20 to 22 pounds 

 ■weight. 



2. Packages for extracted honey, square cans holding 

 about 60 pounds. 



3. Weight of sections should be a little less than one 

 pound. 



4. We get the best prices in August and September, but 

 sell more goods in December 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. W. B. 



Denver, Colo., Aug. 10. 



1. For comb honey, a double-tier 24-pound shipping-case. 



2. For extracted honey, 60-pound cans, two in a case. 



3. Full-weight sections, 16 ounces to on'e pound, sell best 

 ("16 to 1"). 



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. 



E. K. & J. C. F. 



Chicago, 111., Aug. 8. 



1. 12 and 24 pound. 



2. 60-pound 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 condition of the country doesn't warrant high 

 prices on comb honey. We will endeavor to hold our market 

 on fancy white 1-pound sections at 15 cents per pound. We 

 cannot predict at this writing, but will be in position to an- 

 swer this question about Sept. 1. 



6. Our receipts this year far surpass any other year as to 

 quality. We will say the quality is excellent. The shipping- 

 cases are perfect. F. S. T. & C. 



Riverside, Calif., Aug. 10. 



1. 24-pound shipping-cases are what the trade asks for, 

 for comb honey ; .5-gallon square cans are cheaper, and best 

 package we have for extracted honey in California. 



2. Buyers of comb honey frequently stipulate that sec- 

 tions shall not weigh more than one pound. 



3. I would advocate the uniform use of 1% sections, and 

 that producers always use separators. 



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 .Tuly of last year, owing to the 



partial failure of the eastern crop the year before. This sea- 

 son, when light crop follows large one, best prices will be 

 realized later. 



5. Eastern honey should be higher. 



6. Honey crop in California for 1896 will be about 7 per 

 cent, of the crop of 1895. There will not be one car of honey 

 stored in California from wild forage-plants. B. F. B. 



Springfield, Mass., Aug. 11. 



1. We prefer a package containing 25 to 30 pounds of 

 honey, in short 1-pound packages. 



2. We have had very little to do with extracted honey, 

 therefore we could not give a satisfactory answer to this ques- 

 tion. We do not handle sufiScient 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 Jan. 1 until April 1 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 mar- 

 ket, therefore do not know how it would affect the sale of 

 York State honey. 



6. We cannot give you any answer that will be 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. P. & H. 



St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 10. 



1. Cases with glass fronts, 24 to 36 pounds. 



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 market. 



6. Receipts are lighter. W. C. Co. 



New York, Aug. 10. 



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



2. California and Arizona, in 60-pound cans, 2 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 always. No de- 

 mand for any other size or weight. 



4. For comb honey, during September, October, 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, there- 

 fore, being nominal, fair prices should be obtainable for east- 

 ern and western honey. If the crop of California 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. 



H. B. & S. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 10. 



1. Glassed cases holding 12, 20, or 24-pound sections, no 

 difference whether single or double tier, are most popular. 



2. Barrels, half-barrels, and crates of two 60-pound tin 

 cans are alike acceptable to manufacturers. 



3. One pound light. 



4. When new honey comes in first. 



5. None whatever these close times. Nothing can be sold 

 at a high price. 



6. Our receipts so far have been at least twice as large 

 this year as they were last year at this time. 



C. F. M. & S. 



HONEY SEASON FOR THE UNITED STATES. 



Editor Root also called for reports as to the 1896 honey 

 crop in all parts of the country, and sums them up as follows, 

 so far as heard from : 



The responses to the call for reports up to this time, have 

 not been very heavy ; but so far as they go to show that the 

 season is not as good as expected from the first reports. In 

 Illinois Dr. Miller is the only one who reports a good season. 

 All the rest give from poor to fair. Indiana seems to be uni- 



