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honey in small jelly glasses, and I er honey would not come in. A young 



find I cannot put up any more honey, man from New York had not been 



as you have to take into consideration in the niountains we concluded to 



yoiir time and your heating apparatus, take a trip and take a load of honey 



You will find your honey will not net along. We went up in some of the 



you 12 cents per pound; if you get mountain towns a day or two got 



7 or 8 cents you are doing well. Then the people rusing after us to buy 



you are bound to lose money some honey. We went over in the other 



way or other, and when you call they part of the city and the same occurred 



ask you to come around again in a there. We got ten cents per pound 



few days "when my husband is in." for extracted and comb honey, a good 



I found it was not the best plan. price. 



Mr. Bader : That used to be the Mrs. Booth: Now a great many peo- 



only wav of selling my honey for a ple can peddle honey at good advan- 



number of years, and I figured on my tage. I beheve if they can sell it at 



honey bringing me about 8 cents. I a good price let them do so, and if 



sold quite a number of dozens, and they are not able to, deliver it to 



I always figure on the cost of jars the Association, but I believe let peo- 



five cents, as when I got the jar back ple do about it as they see fit. I 



I always allowed them five cents, but don't think every one is adapted to 



I had to have the label on the jar, it. 



I found out they would give me a Mr. Collins: When I was a lad I 



poorer jar in place of the one sold went as a book agent, but when I 



them. Sometimes when I was on my came to a door I would not knock 



way home and I had a few jars I but turn away ; could not get the 



would sell them a little cheaper, till courage to knock at the door, so 



I found out it was said that I sold I sent the books back to the company, 



honey over in another part cheaper, I would rather hunt rabbits than ped- 



so that was another thing I had to die honey, 

 contend with. Mr. Rhodes: I think we can do 



Mr. Francis: I never lost a single better than that. I want to relate just 



cent on the honey this year. a little experience. There were some 



Mr. Porter: I have put up a great bees in the community where I lived, 



deal of honey for bottle trade. I and it was said in the community, "We 



think a good deal depends upon the don t like honey, but then they came 



locality. When a man is situated in ^nd got a little honey at the house, 



Denver it does not pay a bee-keeper ^"d before two weeks were out they 



to deliver to the trade; I am satisfied {^ame after more. If we sell all the 



about that. You go into a grocery 9^^^% ^e can among our own people, 



today, "we don't want any." You ^^-^^ ^^^ "^ *° advertise and get 



know then it does not pay a man to "" of a large part. 



travel over the city more than once A. F. Foster: At one of the places 



in two weeks, so they say we have I visited was a man who said, "I 



a custom of paying once a week. Well, don't like 5'our Colorado honey." He 



if j^ou want money you can go after was at the house and I asked him 



it. Probably you wait two weeks, to sample some. He smacked his lips 



"Well, what is the matter with you, a couple of times and took another 



are you dead?" Common expression taste. Before I left the house I had 



among grocers. "We have been out an order for ten dollars' worth. I 



a month," when you had been there believe in taking some honey along 



but two weeks before. "If you can- with you when you go visiting; it helps 



not be here when we are out of honey to get people to try the Colorado 



we cannot patronize you." Well, all honey. 



these things are aggravating, and you Mr. Kaiser: In the way of having 

 have to lose a bill occasionally. Out an exhibition hive, taking it around 

 in the country, where everyone is to the different schools, explaining 

 honest, it is different. I feel it is ways of bees and production of honey, 

 the duty of some bee-keeper in every I believe it would be a good idea, 

 locality to see that their market is as the children would become interest- 

 supplied with honey. Probably they ed and would buy honey, 

 get honey from Kansas City and Mr. Booth: I am ©Id, but am able 

 Omaha. If the store is well supplied to learn something, and I want to 

 with their home product probably oth- say that when my wife and I go visit- 



