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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



What a Car Load Grader Thinks of the Grading 



Rules. 



EDWARD G. BROWN, 



Secretary Western Honey Producers. 



^^\ Y all means try to adopt a set of uniform grading rules. In 

 1^ regard to the picture grading rules, I heartily agree with a 

 number of the writers that a section as light as the one pic- 

 tured as Xo. 2 has no place on the comb hone}^ market, as it will 

 not ship, -s too light to pay to crate or to pay the dealer to handle, 

 and too expensive for the consumer, and serves, only one purpose, 

 and that to dissatisfy the trade, both dealer ond consumer, and to 

 hold down the price of the honest grades. 



. Selling comb honey is, to a certain extent, the selling of good 

 looks, and for that reason only the best should be tolerated among 

 the market grades, and the cull line should be drawn at about the 

 11 and 12-oz. sections, and at least three-fourths the side surface 

 attached to the wood. 



\Mien the stand- 

 ard of the market 

 grades is raised it 

 will be much eas- 

 ier to raise and 

 maintain the stand- 

 ard of price. 



AA' hen a retail 

 dealer sells comb 

 honey it is invar- 

 iabl}- sold by the 

 piece, and while A 

 is selling 16-oz. sec- 

 tions at ?0c. B is 

 selling S-oz. s e c- 

 tions at I'^yic to 

 15c, and a large 

 number of consum- 

 ers call A h i g h 

 priced and force 

 him to compete 

 with an unjustified 

 competition, Avhicli 

 requires consider- 

 able explanation on 

 his part to over- 



Gilu Legislative Hall where the Japanese Bee-Keepers Met April 23. COme. 



