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May 



ounce and be packed in clean cases. 

 Each section and case shall be 

 stamped with the official stamp (Wis- 

 consin No. 1), stating color and pack- 

 er's number. 



Wisconsin No. 2 



Honey of this grade produced in 

 Wisconsin shall consist of (a) good 

 quality comb honey in the different 

 (b) colors known by the terms Water 

 White, White, Light Amber, Amber 

 and Dark; in which the combs are 

 (f) not projecting beyond the wood, 

 are attached to the sides not less 

 than two-thirds of the way around, 

 and are entirely sealed excepting that 

 not more than a total of 60 cells in 

 addition to those of the outside row 

 next to the wood may be unsealed. 

 Where 20 per cent or more of the 

 cells contain honey of a darker color 

 than the remainder, the sections shall 

 be marked with the darker color. 

 Honey in badly stained and prop- 

 olized sections is not permitted in 

 this grade. No section in this grade 

 is to weigh less than 11 ounces gross 

 or 10 ounces net. 



Honey packed for sale under this 

 grade shall be in sections weighing 

 not more than one ounce and be 

 packed in clean cases. Each section 

 and case shall be stamped with the 

 official stamp (Wisconsin No. 2), 

 stating color and packer's number. 

 Ungraded 



Comb honey may be packed for sale 

 without conforming to the require- 

 ments for Wisconsin Fancy, Wiscon- 

 sin No. 1 or Wisconsin No. 2, pro- 

 vided that it is stamped or marked 

 "Unclassified" or "Ungraded." 



Wisconsin No. 1 — Extracted 



Honey of this grade produced in 

 Wisconsin shall consist of (a) good 

 quality e.xtracted honey in the differ- 

 ent (b) colors known by the terms 

 of Water White, White, Light Am- 

 ber, Amber and Dark. The honey 

 shall weigh not less than 12 pounds 

 per gallon at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. 



Honey packed for sale under this 

 grade shall be in new containers. 



Each container must be stamped with 

 the official stamp (Wisconsin No. 1 

 Extracted Honey), stating grade, 

 color, net weight and packer's num- 

 ber. 



An official stamp will be furnished 

 by the Division of Markets at cost. 

 Ungraded 



Extracted honey may be packed for 

 sale without conforming to the re- 

 quirements for Wisconsin No. 1 Ex- 

 tracted Honey, provided that it is 

 stamped or marked "Unclassified" or 

 ''Ungraded." 

 Explanations of Grade Requirements 



(a) "Good quality" comb honey 

 means honey which is commercially 

 salable, not containing pollen or 

 honeydew, not e.xtensively granulated, 

 poorly ripened, sour or weeping, and 

 not in leaking, injured or patched-up 

 sections. 



"Good quality" extracted honey 

 means honey which is not sour and 

 has not been contaminated by honey- 

 dew, excessive use of smoke, dirt or 

 foreign materials of any kind. 



(b) "Color" — The color standards of 

 the Root honey grader shall be 

 deemed official for determining color 

 of comb or extracted honey. The five 

 official colors are Water White, 

 White, Light Amber, Amber and 

 Dark. 



(c) "Well filled" means 80 per cent 

 of area within the sections shall be 

 occupied by sealed cells. 



(d) "Well cleaned" means free from 

 propolis or other stain. 



(e) "Firmly attached" means that 

 the comb shall be attached to wood 

 sections at least 85 per cent the way 

 around. 



(f) "Not projecting" means no part 

 of the comb shall project beyond 

 outer edge of section. 



(g) "Uniformly colored" means that 

 all the cells contained in any section 

 shall be of the same color. 



(h) "Evenly capped" means combs 

 shall be free from pronounced irregu- 

 larities in the surface. 



(i) "Well strained" means honey 



which does not contain particles of 

 wax or other materials which will not 

 pass through two thicknesses of 

 cheese cloth. 



A Sugar Report 



We have just received the annual 

 report of the American Sugar Refin- 

 ing Company for 1919. It has 44 

 pages and contains, besides a finan- 

 cial statement of interest to stock- 

 holders of the company, general in- 

 formation which may be of interest 

 to our readers. 



Among other things it is stated that 

 the United States consumed 16 per 

 cent more sugar in 1919 than in 1918, 

 the consumption reaching over four 

 million tons, for the first time in the 

 history of the country. This sugar • 

 came from the following sources; 



Cuban cane sugar, two million tons. 



U. S. beet, one million tons. 



Hawaiian cane, one-half million 

 tons. 



Porto Rico, one-fourth million tons. 



Louisiana, etc., balance. 



The total production of sugar for 

 the year 1919 was over 16 million tons, 

 contributed by countries in the fol- 

 lowing order of importance. Cuba, 

 Europe, British India, Java, United 

 States, Hawaii, Japan and Formosa, 

 Porto Rico, etc. 



It will be seen that Europe is in 

 second place, whereas, previous to 

 the world war she produced over half 

 of the world's sugar. 



The report predicts that with the 

 resumption of normal in the Euro- 

 pean countries, which may take sev- 

 eral years, there will be keen compe- 

 tition in the sugar markets, which 

 should bring prices to the American 

 consumer down to a much lower 

 level. Prices have already dropped 

 considerably. 



In 1900 the American Sugar Refin- 

 ing Company had 60 per cent of this 

 country's sugar business. It now has 

 but 27 per cent. M. G. D. 



Ready for a Sunday Drive. 



Twentieth Century Marketing 

 Methods 



Read at the National Meeting by 

 Chas. B. Justice. 



The experiences I have had, in or- 

 ganization and in marketing, have 

 convinced me of the absolute neces- 

 sity for up-to-date information at all 

 times. All knowledge is merely ac- 

 cumulated information. Information 

 in marketing can be provided in the 

 form of statistics after the season's 

 operations are over, or sufticiently in 

 advance of shipment to guide produc- 

 ers in their marketing etTorts. It can- 

 not be provided, however, without an 

 organization delegating power and 

 authority in the hands of those 

 cliosen to secure and disseminate this 

 information. 



It is clear to all that beekeeping 

 problems in the East are dissimilar to 

 the problems in the West, and it is 

 not likely that Eastern beekeepers 

 will support any project which has 

 for its principal object marketing. All 

 this was kept clearly in mind when, 

 ^t the Kansas City conference, it was 



