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their organizations. Wh}- it is so is a conundrum. Do you know 

 that the business world "smiles" with satisfaction at this indiffer- 

 ence among- ruralists. Whv ! — Towxsend. 



Concerning Grading Rules. 



The Colorado Grading Rules do not admit a dark colored honey 

 or a dark colored comb finish to any of the grades. Number 2 

 honey cannot be any darker than amber. The specifications for the 

 choice grade are the same. The question now is : should all dark 

 colored honey and combs be excluded from the grades? A place 

 for dark honey and combs should be made in the grades as there 

 are honeys of good quality and filling that should have a grade 

 classification. Before the National adopts the Colorado rules, or 

 au}^ others, this must be considered. 



In grading honey according to the rules as they now are, it is 

 advisable and almost mandatory to have three or four cases for 

 each of the grades but the fancy. By having three or four cases, 

 combs of like finish and shade can be packed together. The result 

 of such packing is certainly a delight to the eye. A case of honey 

 graded in this manner will present no opportunity for the customers 

 sorting over the combs in a case and picking out the best ones. 

 No choice will be possible for all will be equally good. This will 

 be gratifying to the retail dealer, as he will not have a half dozen 

 poor quality sections left in a case that are unsaleable from having 

 been handled over and over again by customers. 



]\Iany honey producers speak to me of the greater difficulty in 

 grading the new way. It is more difficult till once learned, but 

 when the mind is once accustomed to judging by the new standards, 

 the work is easy. — W. F. 



What Does the Dealer Make? 



Comb honey costs the dealer right around $3.00 a case for west- 

 ern comb honey of the No. 2 grade delivered at his station in the 

 central states. For the No. 1 grades the cost is close to $3.2.5. 

 There have been a few cases where a little more money has been 

 paid. 



The dealers' prices as given in the honey column of the bee 

 journals range from twelve cents up. 



There is a practice almost universal among dealers, and that is 

 the re-grading of all honey that comes to their hand. From west- 

 ern honev that is graded choice and No. 1, much Fancy honey is 

 made. The average price for Fancy would probably be about $4 a 

 case. It is probably within the facts to say that the dealer makes 



