THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 299 



An Opportunity Worth Considering. 



Xever l)etore have honey producers had the privilege of selHng 

 and dehvering their honey direct to the consumer with dispatch as 

 is offered in the postal ruling that will be eft'ective after August loth. 

 But few bee-keepers realize the number of customers thev may 

 secure by judicious advertising inside of the cheap zone rate of 150 

 miles from them. The scheme would be for each producer who has 

 extracted honey to put it up in say gallon screw cap syrup cans 

 and send it for the very reasonable rate of 5c for the first pound, and 

 a cent a pound for additional pounds. 



To illustrate: Supposing a gallon of honey encased in a double- 

 faced corrugated paper case should weigh gross 15 lbs. The cost 

 of sending it 150 miles by parcel post would be 5c -|- 14c, which 

 would be only 19c, then for a few cents additional the department 

 will collect the pay for the honey and send you back your money. 



Extracted honey could be delivered direct to the consumer for 

 say 20c per pound, which would be considerably less than usually 

 sold at the grocery. 



It would seem to the writer that a "word to the wise" would be 

 all that would be necessary. 



\\'e hope to make arrangements to furnish one-gallon tin cans 

 with screw cap encased in corrugated paper for the parcel post ser- 

 vice in time so as to quote them in the September number of the 

 Review. 



Remember the old proverb, the "early chicken gets the worm," 

 and eet busv. — Editor. 



United States Departmext of Agricultl'ke, 

 Sugar Laboratory. bureau of chemistry, 



Washington, D. C. 



The Bee-Keepers' Review, Xorthstar, [Michigan. 



I am enclosing herewith a copy of an amendment to the National 

 Food Law, known as the National Xet Weight Act, regarding food 

 products. This was passed ]\Iarch 3, 1913, but no penalty shall be 

 enforced for any violation of its provisions until eighteen months 

 after its passage. 



Under this act, a food product will be deemed to be misbranded : 

 "If in package form, the quantity of the contents be not 

 plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the 

 package in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count ; 

 Provided, hozy^'cvcr, that reasonable variations shall be per- 

 mitted, and tolerances and also exemptions as to small pack- 

 ages shall be established by rules and regulations made in 

 accordance with the provisions of Section three of this act." 



