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As it will not lie practicable to mark the actual net 

 weight on each section of honey, the Board of Direct- 

 ors of The Colorado Honey-producers' Association 

 has adopted the plan suggested in paragraph il, of 

 marking; the viinimvm net ivrifjht on each section 

 or carton, as per following resolution which was 

 unanimously adopted: .,, ,, -n j , -kt * 



Resolved. In order to comply with the Federal Net- 

 weight law, and to identify each member's honey, 

 each section of comb honey sold by the members 

 through The Colorado Honey-producers' Association, 

 on and after Julv 1st, 1914, must be stamped on top 

 of each section of honey: first, with the initials of 

 the Association; second, with the member's consign- 

 ment number, prefixed by the word "Apiary, and, 

 third, with the minimum net weight adopted by t!ie 

 Board of Directors for said grade of honey. 



For example: If a member having consignment 

 number 14 wishes to mark either a fancy white or a 

 No 1 section of honey, he will use a stamp like this: 

 " C. H. P. A., Apiary No. 14. 

 Net Weight Not Less Than 121/^ Oz." 

 If a choice-grade section is to be marked, he will 

 use the following stamp: 



" C. H. P. A., Apiary No. 14. 

 Net Weight Not Less Than 11 Oz." 

 If a number-two grade section is to be marked, 

 the following stamp will be used: 



" C. H. P. A., Apiary No. 14. 



Net Weight Not Less Than 10 Oz." 



As the weight of the section itself is one ounce, 



the gross weight of a nvmber-one section of honeij 



must under no circumstances be less than 13 /z 



ounces. , 



The gross weight of a choice-grade section of hon- 

 ey must not be less than 12 ounces. 



The gross weight of a number-two section of honeg 

 must not be less thai' 11 ounces. , „ -, , 



(Attention is called to the fact that the Board of 

 Directors has changed the minimum gross weight of 

 the number-two grade from ten ounces to eleven 

 ounces.) 



MARKING OF SHIPPING CASES. 



Both ends of each shipping case shall also be 

 stamped bv the producer with the same mark that is 

 stamped on each section contained in the case. 1 his 

 stamp shall be placed immediately above each hand- 

 hole of the case. 



EXTRACTED HONEY AND STRAINED HONEY, 



If in five-gallon square cans, shall be uniformly 

 packed, so as" to contain 60 lbs. net weight of honey, 

 and shall be marked in like manner on top of each 

 can as prescribed for comb honev. The cases con- 

 taining cans of extracted honey must be marked so 

 as to show the number of cans in case and net 

 weight of each can. 



As a plain and conspicuous marking ot the net 

 weight is required on each section of honey, and as, 

 owing to the nature of the contents, it would not do 

 to exert much pressure in stamping them, the Board 

 of Directors recommends the use of cushion rubber 

 stamps, and the use of non-fading ink pads. 



The Colorado Honey-producers' Association. 



Before we pass from a consideration of 

 the net-weight law as applied to comb honey, 

 there is one important point to be consid- 

 ered, namely: That prices may have to be 

 readjusted. " If, under the old scheme of 

 marking, a case of 24 sections brought $3.00 

 wholesale, and if it still brings $3.00 under 

 the new scheme, the producer will lose tlie 

 difference between the minimum weight 

 marked on the section and the actual weight. 

 Let us suppose a case : 



Here is a case of sections that has sold at 

 $3.00 per case of 24 sections. Before the 

 net-weight law went into effect, the sections, 

 fat and lean, would average up so as to 

 make a case or several eases all of a uniform- 

 weight. Under the new net-weight law, if 

 sections are sold by numerical coiint, then 

 the producer must have every section so it 

 will not weigh less than a certain minimum. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULrURE 



But it is apparent that whatever there is 

 above the minimum, the producer or dealer 

 is actually giving to his customers. To 

 take care of this loss he can mark the actual 

 net weight on every section, and then sell to 

 his customers by weight, the sum of all the 

 weights of the individual sections. But 

 most producers and associations, so far as 

 we have heard from them, prefer to mark 

 the minimum weight on each section, less 

 one ounce for each section, rather than go 

 to the trouble of weighing each section indi- 

 vidually. If we take either horn of the di- 

 lemma it will mean that the producer, if he 

 sells at the old price, will receive less than 

 he did before. In the one case he is giving 

 more for the same money, and in the other 

 case he receives pay for the actual weight; 

 but as the net cost of production is increas- 

 ed by the labor of weighing and marking 

 each section he actually receives less. 



As the price of comb honey, as we have 

 before said, is regulated by the law of 

 supply and demand, the producer, in order 

 to make as much as he did before, should 

 either charge more per case on the minimum- 

 weight basis per section, or charge more per 

 pound if he sells a case by weight. The next 

 question is, " Can he get more per pound? " 

 In regard to marking sections with rubber 

 stamps, the committee favors labels rather 

 than stamps ; but it is practically impossible 

 to label every individual section, or, rather, 

 it is more accurate to say it would be much 

 more practicable to use an indelible non- 

 fading ink with a rubber stamp. The latter 

 can be used far more rapidly than one could 

 use labels and paste. If one uses gummed 

 labels he will iind such labels will come off. 



NET WEIGHTS AS APPLYING TO EXTRACTED 

 HONEY. 



The secretary of the committee has decid- 

 ed, in the case of extracted honey in tin 

 cans, that it is permissible to mark those 

 cans by volumetric weight, as gallon, half- 

 gallon, quarts, and pints, cr mark the actual 

 net weight of the contents. The average 

 buyer would prefer to buy it by weight, for 

 the simple reason that a gallon or five gal- 

 lons of thin unripened honey may spoil on 

 his hands; and in any case is not as valu- 

 able as the same number of gallons of thick 

 well-ripened honey. Dealers and producers 

 alike will probably sell by actual net weight 

 of honey in the can. In the South, honey 

 is sold by the gallon ; but in the North it is 

 sold almost entirely by weight. 



In the case of bottled honey all bottles 

 should show the actual net weight of honey 

 on the labels exclusive of the weight of the 

 glass. Heretofore it was not necessary to 

 show the weight of contents on the label. 



