150 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. 4. 



While the regulations do not prescribe the manner of marking, as to 

 whether a rubber stamp may be used, the law requires that the statement 

 shall be plain and conspicuous. Stamping by means of aniline ink is 

 frequently illegible, owing to failure to print or to the running of the ink. 

 If such a stamp is used, care should be taken to make the statement plain 

 and conspicuous, as required by the act. 



Respectfully, 



A. S. Mitchell, 

 Secretary, Committee on Regulations, Net Weight and Volume Law. 



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General Suggestions. 



Comh Honey. 

 The appearance of a honey package has much to do with 

 its ready sale; good appearance helps to retain customers. 

 Section boxes should be thoroughly cleaned. In marking them 

 with the net weight, this should be done so as not to mar their 

 neatness. Careful grading of the sections improves the selling 

 qualities of honey in case lots. Section honey should be car- 

 toned for retail trade. It handles better, is cleaner, and it 

 usually improves its attractiveness in the eye of the buyer. At 

 all times consider cleanliness in handling and marketing. Sec- 

 tion honey should not be exposed to the dust and flies. 



Extracted Honey. 



Equal care should be taken with honey in extracted form. 

 Selling points to consider are: the color, flavor and body of the 

 honey; its clarity, that is, its freedom from bits of comb and 

 foreign particles; and the general neatness and attractiveness 

 of the package. The label is important and should possess 

 selling value. 



Most Massachusetts beekeepers recommend containers which 

 hold customary units of measure, as 1 pound or its multiple 

 rather than 9, II or even 15 ounces or their multiples. An 

 eight-ounce or half-pound package is quite generally used, 

 however. Suitable sizes of containers for general honey trade 

 are suggested, as follows: glass, 8 ounce, 1 pound, 2 pounds; 

 tin, 2, 3 and 5 pounds, half gallon (about 6 pounds), 1 gallon 

 (about 12 pounds), and 5 gallons (the wholesale unit, which 

 container will hold 60 pounds). 



