110 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. .Tin 



PACKING COMB HONEY FOR SHIPMENT IN CAR LOTS. 



BY HARRY E. HILL. 



SOME TIME ago Mr. Leo F. Haue- 

 gaii, ]Manager of the St. Croix 

 Valley Honey Producers' As- 

 sociation, of GleuAvood, Wis., sent me 

 a splendid pliotograpli showing a side- 

 traelved car \vliich his Assot-iation was 

 loiading with comh honey. Some cor- 

 respondence in regard to their 

 methods resulted, and con-siderable in- 

 teresting information was secured, and 

 as neither Mr. Hanegan nor myself 

 had observed anything particularly 

 noteworthy along this line in any of 

 the .iournal-s, I obtained his permission 

 to publish tlie gist of the thing in The 

 Bee-Keeper. 



At the left in the photograph Mr. 

 Hanegan is seen, while Mr. H. Jacobs 



if a less quantity, tiens are not ma 

 so high, as they should be so loaded 

 to meet at the middle of the car. 



li should be noted also that 1 

 cases pitch ^slightly toward the midd 

 aud tlljat they "break joints," tl 

 adding to the soliditj' of the aggrc 

 ed weight. 



Unless buyer specifies other me 

 .Old of loading, this pla'n is always ] 

 lowed, and ui^on each end and ej 

 door of car a caution card — "Han 

 AVith Care," is tacked. That is, ca 

 are loaded from each end, and 

 meeting space solidly packed with ( 

 straw, which packing comes 'v 

 above the tiers of causes. 



Over the .joints of tiers, in the drs, 



MANNER OF LOADING COMB HONEY. 



stands at the right. Mr. Jacobs, Man- 

 ager Hanegan says, is the man to 

 whom he is indebted for mo,st of his 

 knowledge in regard to packing car 

 lots of comb honey. 



In the first place a clean, dry 

 refi-igerator car is ordered, though, of 

 course, no ice is used, but a clean, dry 

 car is important. 



The accomiianying drawing will il- 

 lu-strate ilie manner of loading. About 

 1.200 24-section cases make a good 

 load. The car in the picture contained 

 1,100 such cases, and represented a 

 cash value of about .$2.;)0(I.OO, F. O. B. 

 at loading point. 



Alxmt three inches of straw upon 

 the floor is used. At ends, I't inches. 

 Between tiers, about six inches of 

 straw is snugly packed, with only 

 enough at -sides to make shipping cases 

 fit snug and tight. The straw should 

 be clean, and oat-straw is prefeiTed. 



Where a full carload is to be shii)- 

 ped, the cases are packed ten high; liut 



ing, may be -seen the ends of s 

 cleats or beams, crosswise of tin' 

 which serve to hold down the r, 

 These, however, are used only omm 

 joints of the three end row,s, lln 

 our artist has tried to make ili 

 doubly safe by using them throiiu 

 the length of the car. 



:Mr. Hanegan further advises 

 before loading a car with comli In 

 one should be sure that it h:is 

 "Hat Avheels," as, "a flat wheel 

 make mush of a load of comli In 

 in short order." 



Mv. Hanegan invitC'S suggest 

 and a discussion of this impure 

 matter. 



Fort Pierce, Fla., May 20, 1905. 



The greatest tirmnevss is the gi| 

 est mercy. — Longfellow. 



There is no greater delight tha 

 be conscious of sincerity on sel:| 

 .•nuinalion. — Mencins. 



