MARKETING THE HONEY CROP 



If the crop is extracted and is intended for 

 the commission trade or the wholesale bottler, 

 there is no better package than new five-gal- 

 lon cans, two of which come in a wooden case. 

 Being in cans, it is more easily handled by 

 the commission merchant and the bottler, 

 and in this shape will bring a little higher 

 price than if sent in wooden kegs with the 

 attendant labor of scooping it out for liquefy- 

 ing. 



Use nothing but new, clean cans, and have 

 the early light honey separate from the later 

 dark honey; and be sure of the honesty of 

 the commission merchant, for thereby hangs 

 many a sad tale. 



It will be far more profitable to bottle your 

 extracted honey in an attractive bottle and 

 work up a trade among the retail grocery 

 houses, as it means securing about fifteen 

 cents a pound net profit as against about seven 

 cents a pound net profit when sold wholesale. 



The standard package for the retail is a 

 glass jar holding just one pound, and a nicely 



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