( i L K A -N J N Ci S IN B E K C U L T II R K 



OCTOBKR, 192J 



HONEY MARKETS 



U. S. GOVERNMENT MARKET REPORTS. 



Information from Producing Areas (First Half of 



September). 



CALIFORNIA POINTS. — Honey flow in south- 

 ern California curtailed after orange flow by 

 drouth. Croi) alfalfa honey light due to damage 

 to crop in northern section by adverse weather 

 conditions and to reduction of acreage in southern 

 California. Demand and movement moderate, mar- 

 ket steady. Carloads f. o. b. usual terms, per lb., 

 extracted": White orange mostly 9i/^c, white sage 

 8-81/2 0, light amber sage 61/2 -7c, light amber al- 

 falfa 614-6IAC. Comb: Buyers reported offering 

 !i!2.70 per case for carlots f. o. b. Inyo County 

 points, but no large sales reported. 



INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. — Season practic- 

 ally over, although some beekeepers are removing 

 supers to permit bees to fill up brood-chambers 

 witli any remaining honey which may be secured. 

 Due to long summer drouth many sections secured 

 little honey after July. Grasshoppers have been 

 generally harmful. Utah beekeepers especially 

 complain of enormous quantities of a ground bee 

 which has gathered most available nectar. Bees in 

 Arizona now said to be making honey fast from 

 cotton. Crop for the section as a whole far be- 

 low normal. Many reports of a 50 to 60% crop, 

 or less, received. Demand reported very slow and 

 lighter than last year. Color of honey generally 

 very good. A few carlot sales of white clover and 

 alfalfa extracted reported at 7 % c, 8 V4 c and 8 % c 

 per lb., with less-than-carlot sales up to 10c per 

 lb. Beekeepers have sold to local dealers as low 

 as 6% -7c per lb. Small lot sales No. 1 comb re- 

 ported around $3.75-4.50 per case, few reported 

 lower. Bee.swax sales reported at 20c per lb. cash, 

 23-25c in trade. 



PACIFIC NORTHWEST. — Extracting is well 

 along. Plow from fire weed has been exceptionally 

 good. Less loss than usual from spray poisoning 

 and ^veevils in some sections. Bees going into win- 

 ter in excellent shape. Large lot sales of white 

 honey in 6()-lb. cans have recently been made at 

 i)-10c per lb., and in single-can lots at lie. Few 

 sales fancy and No. 1 white comb reported at 

 $4.00-4.50 per 24-section case. 



TEXAS POINTS. — Little change in record- 

 breaking drouthy conditions except where local 

 showers have given partial relief. Fair to normal 

 surplus promised for the cotton area, but in mes- 

 quite and chaparral country hardly one- third crop 

 secured, and many beekeepers have scarcely 

 enough honey to winter on. Demand poor, even 

 considering the small crop. White extracted in 

 60-lb. cans quoted at TV2-8V2C per lb., with virhite 

 chunk, in 6/lOs, listed at 12 V2 -13 1/20 per lb. 



EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL 

 STATES. — Crop very spotted. Recent showers have 

 improved condition of nectar-bearing plants in 

 some sections, and a good fall flow from goldenrod 

 and asters, with light smartweed flow, is expected 

 in low areas and along river bottoms. The hot, 

 dry weather in many sections has injured clover 

 prospects for 1923. Demand has been light, due 

 partly to abundance of fruit and to strikes. White 

 extracted, including clover, raspberry and bass- 

 wood, selling in carlots at lOc per lb., and in 

 less-than-carlot quantities at 10 V^ -12c per 11)., 

 with single 60-lb. cans up to 15c. WTiite comb, in 

 24-section cases, ranges $4.00-4.80 per case. 



PLAINS AREA. — In spite of drouth, reports in- 

 dicate a larger than average yield in all states. 

 Late rains make a late fall flow but prospects are 

 for light fall yield. Recent less-than-carlot sales 

 of white extracted in 00-lb. cans reported at 10-12c 

 per lb., with few sales reported low as 9c per lb., 

 and one carlot sale of water white clover at 9i/^c 

 per 11). 



NORTHEASTERN STATES. — Recent drouth 

 has curtailed crop in eastern New York and Penn- 

 sylvania, but buckwheat flow reported fairly large 

 in western portion of area. More rain needed if 

 fall flow from aster and goldenrod is to be im- 

 portant. Comb crop especially light. Few sales 

 white clover in 60-lb. cans at 10-12% c per lb., 

 with buckwheat around 6% -8c per lb. White comb 

 ranges $4.25-5.25 per 2.t section case. 



WEST INDIES: PORTO RICO. — Heavy rains 

 are damaging to blossoms in the hill districts. 

 Crop yield little better than last year, but still 

 poor. Amber in 50-gal. bbls. listed at S^^c per lb. 



CUBA. — Heavy shipments reported to Holland 

 at 60c per gal., including cost and freight. Local 

 beekeepers receiving 4i/ic per lb. for e.xtracted and 

 21c per lb. for beeswax. 



SOUTHEASTERN STATES. — Fall flow now on 

 and promises well from velvet beans, "Mexican 

 clover," heartsease and bitterweed. In the over- 

 flow area of Louisiana, unusually large acreages 

 were planted to cowpeas, which are now furnish- 

 ing nectar. Record-breaking frequency of summer 

 rains in some sections. White extracted in 60-lb. 

 cans and 34-gal. bbls. generally selling at 10c pev 

 lb., some low as 9c. light amber 8c, amber 6c. 

 White heavy comb ranges $4.50-5.00 per 24-sec- 

 tion case, with No. 1 light $4.00. Pew sales chunk 

 honey reported at 121/20 per lb. Beeswax ranges 

 22-25c per lb. for yellow and 18-20e for dark. 



Telegraphic Reports from Important Markets. 



BOSTON. — Comb: Very little demand. Sales to 

 retailers. New York, very few sales, new crop 24- 

 section cases white clover $6.00-6.50, mostly $6.00. 

 carton stock $6.50-7.00. Extracted: Market quiet 

 but steady. Porto Rico honey is slightly higher. 

 Sales to confectioners and bottlers, Porto Rico 

 amber 88-94c per gal. California, white orange and 

 white sage 14-16c, light amber .sage 12-14c per lb. 



CHICAGO. — Demand and movement moderate, 

 market steady. Slight iinjirovement noted in de- 

 mand, particularly in extracted. Sales to retailers, 

 comb: 24-section eases Colorado, Iowa and Wiscon- 

 sin, clover and mixed clover and alfalfa No. 1. 

 heavy $4.00-4.25. No. 1 light weight $3.00-3.50; No. 

 2 heavy $3.00-3.50. Extracted: Sales to bottlers, 

 bakers and confectionery manufacturers, per lb., 

 Colorado and Utah, alfalfa and mixed alfalfa and 

 clovers, white 9 1/2-101/2 c, light amber 8-8 1/2 c. Cali- 

 fornia, white mixed mountain flowers, 9% -10c. 

 Wisconsin and Michigan whit? clover 10-10 %c. 

 few sales lie. Beeswa.x: Receipts moderate. Mar- 

 ket steady. Sales to wholesale druggists and laun- 

 dry supply houses, California and Colorado, light 

 30-32C, dark 27-30c. South America, principallv 

 Brazil. light 27-30c, dark 20-23c. 



KANSAS CITY. — Supplies moderate. Demand 

 and movement moderate, market dull on comb, 

 steady on extracted. Sales to jobbers: Extracted, 

 Colorado, white alfalfa, 12c per lb. Comb: 24-sec- 

 tions Colorado alfalfa, light weight No. 1 new 

 stock $4.25-4.75. Missouri, 24-section cases heavy 

 white clover No. 1 new crop $5.00-5.50. 



MINNEAPOLIS. — Demand light, movement im- 

 proving, market unsettled, wide range in prices. 

 Sales to retailers. Extracted: Per lb., California, 

 white orange and Colorado white alfalfa and sweet 

 clover, movement light 11-121^0 per lb. New- 

 crop Hawaii, white, movement moderate, 10c per 

 lb. Minnesota, white clover and Wisconsin bass- 

 wood 12c. Comb: Colorado, 24-section cases No. 

 1 white $4.50. Minnesota, demand and movement 

 improving; 24-section cases No. 1 white $5.25-5.50, 

 few $6.00. 



NEW YORK. — Domestic receipts limited, for- 

 eign receipts moderate. Supply limited. Demand 

 and movement limited, market rather dull. Ex- 

 tracted: Spot sales to jobbers, wholesalers, con- 

 fectioners, bakers and bottlers, domestic, per lb. 

 California, light amber alfalfa 7-8c, white sage 

 91/2-101/^, white orange, mostly II-II14, few 12e. 

 Intermountain section, white sweet clover 9i/4-10c, 

 South American and West Indies refined 65-75c 

 per gal. Beeswax: Foreign receipts moderate. 

 Supplies liberal. Demand limited, movement light, 

 market dull. Spot sales to wholesalers, manufac- 

 turers and drug trade. Chili, light 28-30c; Brazil, 

 light 26-27C.; Cuba, light 24-27c, few high as 

 28c; dark 19-20c; West Indies, dark 18-20c; Af 

 rica, dark 20-21c. 



PHILADELPHIA. — Supplies sufficient to supply 

 trade, but demand generally good with market 

 stronger. Extracted: Sales to bakers and mann 

 facturers, Mexico, light amber various flavors, Sic 

 per gal. Porto Rico, amber, various flavors, 8:'.c 

 per gal. Beeswax: Practically no arrivals since 

 last report. Demand and movement moderate, 

 market steady. Sales to manufacturers, per lb,. 

 Chili, light 30-32c; Brazil, light 28-30c; Africa, 

 dark 24-25c. 



