G I. K A N T N n S IN B K K C IT h T V K K 



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HONEY MARKETS 



The present honey market is not a strong one, 

 as will be seen by reference to the quotations 

 furnished by the Bureau of Markets and printed 

 below. An unusual dullness of the fall season pre- 

 vails, and the falling price of sugar has some- 

 what adversely affected current honey prices. 



U. S. Government Market Reports. 



HONEY ARRIVALS, SEPT. 115. 



MEDINA, O. — 10,275 lbs. from Ohio arrived. 

 Not previously reported Aug. 24, 6,327 lbs. from 

 Ohio arrived. 



SHIPPING POINT INFORMATION, SEPT. 15. 



LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Light wire inquiry 

 demand slow, carloads f. o. b. usual terms: 

 sales, per lb., white orange and sage 

 18 %c, some high as 20c; light 

 17c; light amber alfalfa 

 44c. Dullness of honey 



Few 

 mostly 16- 

 amber sage 16- 

 13-150. Beeswax, 40- 

 market is assisted by I 

 weakness of sugar market. Some honey is being 

 marketed in small containers. Glass jars and .d- 

 10-lb. cans are reported moving well. 



TELKGKAPHIU REPORTS FROM IMPORTANT MARKETS. 



BOSTON. — No arrivals since last report. De- 

 mand and movement very light, market steady. 

 Sales to jobbers, comb: New York, 24-section cases 

 white clover, old crop, few sales $9.00. Beeswax: 

 Market steady. Domestic, light 40-42c per lb. 



CHICAGO. — Since last report, 1 car California, 

 1 car Idaho arrived. Demand and movement slow, 

 market weak and unsettled. Sales to jobbers, ex- 

 tracted- per lb., Idahos, Californias, and Colorados, 

 alfalfa and clover, white 18y2-19y2C, light amber 

 17-1 8c Comb: Idahos, Californias, and Colorados, 

 clover and alfalfa. No. 1, light $7.00 per 24-sec- 

 tion case. Buyers are purchasing sparingly at 

 shipping points owing to wide difference in prices 

 asked for same quality of stock in same .section 

 by different growers and dealers. Beeswax: L. 

 C. L. Receipts liberal, demand and movement 

 moderate, market steady. Sales to jobbers, per lb.. 

 Oklahomas, Texas, and Colorados, light 40-42c, 

 dark 35-39c. 



CINCINNATI. — 1 ear California arrived. Sup- 

 plies liberal, practically no demand or movement, 

 no sales reported, all honey being bottled. Bees- 

 wax: Supplies moderate, demand and movement 

 good, market firm. Sales to jobbers, average yel- 

 low 44-46C per lb. , ^ , 



CLEVELAND. — Supplies light, demand slow, 

 movement draggy, market slightly weaker. Sales 

 direct to retailers, E.xtracted: per lb., 60-lb. tins 

 Colorado and Utah, light amber alfalfa 16-18c, 

 mostly 16-17c; white sweet clover 17-19c 

 fornia, white orange blossom 19-21c. 

 beeswax: Supplies very light, too few sales to es- 

 tablish market. 



K.VNSAS CITY. — No carlot arrivals since last 

 report. Supplies moderate, demand and movement 

 moderate, market dull. New stock, comb: Iowa, 

 alfalfa and clover, light mostly $8.00 per 24-sec- 

 tion case. Extracted: Colorado, light amber alfalfa, 

 Nci. 1, mostly 22c per lb. 



NEW YORK. — Since last report, 420 lbs. from 

 Maine jirrived, supplies moderate, demand and 

 movement slow, market dull. Sales to jobbers 

 large wholesalers, extracted: domestic, per 

 Californias, light amber alfalfa 14-15c, white oranuc 

 l.lossoin and white sage 18-19c, few sales 20c: 

 sweet clover 17-1 8c, mostly 17V^"c; West Indian. 

 reHned, per gallon, $1.20-1.45, mostly $1.25. Bees 

 wax: No arrivals reported, supplies moderate.^ de 

 niand and movement slow, market steady. 

 to jobbers and large wholesalers, per lb. 

 .\n»erican and West Indian, crude, light 

 dark 24-2(>c. 



MIJSINEAPOLIS. — Supplies light, 

 movement .slow, market dull. Sales 

 lailers, comb: Colorados, sweet clover, 

 24-section cases $7.00. Extracted: 



Irom iNew \ oik arrived. Uemaml and moveiueiit 

 moderate, market steady. Sales to jobbers, ex 

 traded: per lb., California, white orange blossom 

 21c; New York, white clover 19c. Beeswax: No 

 sales reported. 



ST. LOUIS. — Receipts and supplies very light, 

 demand and movement slow, market dull. Sales 

 to jobbers. Comb : No sales reported. Extracted : 

 Few sales. Mississippis and Arkansas, light am- 

 ber, mixed clover and various flavors in 60-lb. 

 cans 16-18c per lb. Beeswax: No arrivals, sup- 

 plies very light, demand and movement slow, 

 market weak. Sales to jobbers, prime yellow :^0- 

 31c per lb. 



ST. PAUL." — Supplies very 

 movement slow, market dull, 

 tailers. Comb: Minnesotas, No. 

 section cases $8.00. 



George Livingston, 

 Chief of Bureau of Markets. 



Special Foreign Quotations. 



LIVERPOOL.^Dnring the last month there has 

 been a little more inquiry for extracted honey, the 

 total sales amounting to 560 barrels. The value 



light, demand and 

 Sales direct to re- 

 1 white clover, 24- 



Cali- 

 Comb and 



of extracted honey in American currency is 

 cents per pound. In beeswax, the market <■( 

 tinues dull. The value in American currency 

 37 cents per pound. 



Liverpool, England, Sept. 7. Taylor & Co. 



CUBA. — Honey is quoted at $1.30 a gallon a 

 yellow wax at 34 cents a pound. 



Matanzas, Cuba, Sept. 7. .\dolfo Marzol 



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of the 

 editor, 



market? 



are as 



and 

 lb.. 



Sales 



South 



28-30C, 



demand 

 direct t 

 No. 1. 

 per lb. 

 ern, 60-lb. cans light amber alfalfa 20-2 Ic, 

 sweet clover 21c. 



PHILADELPHIA. — Since la.st report, approxi- 

 mately 36,000 lbs. from California, 1,400 cases 



and 

 to re- 

 white, 

 west- 

 white 



Opinions of Producers. 



Early in September \\e sent to actual honey- 

 producers, scattered over the countiy, the follow- 

 ing questions: 



1. In your locality what part of the honey crop 

 is already out of the hands of the producer'; 



2. At what wholesale price is honey selling in 

 your State 1 



Extracted honey. 

 Comb honey. 



At what retail price is honey selling in your 

 State ? 



Extracted honey. 

 Cornb honey. 



What is the general condition 

 Answers, as condensed by the 

 follows : 



CALIFORNIA. — About 80-90 per cent of crop 

 out of hands of producer. Extracted honey is sell- 

 ing at retail at 20-35c; comb at 35-45c. I have 

 seen no first grade on the market. Market is slow 

 — more so than usual. Heretofore I considered 

 the slow market due to presidential campaign. 

 Some consider the cause to be the lower market 

 in sugar. — M. H. Mendleson. 



C.\LIFORNI.\. — Ninety-five per cent of the crop 

 is out of the hands of producers. Extracted honey 

 at wholesale is selling at 20c; at retail, 25-:i5c. 

 Comb, at wholesale, $7 a case; at retail, 40c. The 

 market is weak. — L. L. Andrews. 



COLORADO.^ — The honey situation still appears 

 to be largely in the nature of a waiting game. The 

 larger producers still hold most of their honey and 

 the buyers are not active. Probably not over 2"> 

 per cent of the crop in this part of the State 

 has left the jiroducers' hands. I know. of onl> on<> 

 car of honey shipped from the western slope. Small 

 lots of honey have been sold at 18 to 20 cents for 

 extracted, and $6 to $7 for comb. Retail prices, 

 from 20 to 30 cents for extracted, and 25 to 35 

 cents per section for comb. The local demand is 

 very good, and a large proportion of the crop 

 could be disposed of in this way. The latter part 

 of the season has not been as good as expected, 

 and the crop, as a whole, will be considerably less 

 than that of last year. — J. A. Green. 



FLORIDA. — We haven't had much honey to sell 

 so far, but cabbage palmetto is getting very good 

 present. Extracted honey is selling at whole 

 at retail, some as high as $1.00 per 



at 

 sale 



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(|uart in glass 



Demand 



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