1919 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Crop and Market Report 



353 



Compiled by M. G. Dadant 



For our October number we asked the following ques- 

 tions of reporters : 



1. How is the final crop, compared to last year, and 

 what is the average per colony? 



2. How is honey selling? 



3. What price is being offered producers? 



4. What price do you expect to realize? 



THE FINAL CROP 



The crop will be a little short of last year, though con- 

 ditions have improved since our last report. The main 

 reason for shortage will be the very small crop of white 

 clover locations, and short crops in Wyoming, Utah, and 

 especially in California. 



The New England States report from a failure to ^5 

 per cent of last year, while the rest of the East will not 

 run over 75 per cent of the 1918 crop. The same is true 

 of the State of Ohio, while Indiana and Illinois, with 

 eastern Iowa, have practically a complete failure, except 

 where there is a fall flow. Here the crop will be good. 

 Western Iowa and South Dakota report a very good 

 crop, while with Minnesota it is practically a failure. The 

 largest beekeeper there will have an average of 10 lbs. 

 per colony. 



Michigan will have about half of last year, while Wis- 

 consin, with a failure last year, will be improved. 



Florida and Georgia will equal last year, while the bal- 

 ance of the South will not be nearly as good as in 1918; 

 Texas reports from ISO to 500 per cen more honey 

 than last year. Idaho and Montana are short, while 

 Colorado will about hold its own with 1918. Washington 

 and Oregon will not be up to normal, and the coast, as 

 reported before, will not have more than 50 per cent of 

 1918. 



DEMAND FOR HONEY 



It is yet early for the demand to stiffen, but we are in- 

 clined to believe that it is better than the average con- 

 dition for this time of the year as it was before the war. 

 One big jobber states that the demand is getting good 

 from soft drink and other manufacturers who used honey 

 last year and are again forced to do so from the sugar 

 shortage. 



PRICES PAID PRODUCERS 



One report comes in from the South of an offer of 8 

 to 10 cents for average extracted. The bulk of the offers, 

 however, are in the neighborhood of 15 cents for amber 

 and 17 to 19 cents for white, with many purchases of 

 white honey at 20 cents. Comb honey would sell readily 

 at $5 per case, and we are surprised to note that one 

 smaller Colorado Association is holding at $5.50 without 

 a buyer, nor do they report buyers at \7]/ 2 cents for ex- 

 tracted, but they take a relatively high freight rate. In 

 the markets comb is bringing over $6 per case. West In- 

 dian honey is wholesaling for $1.30 to $1.60 per gallon. 



PRICES ASKED BY PRODUCERS 



One could probably obtain all the honey desired by of- 

 fering the beekeepers 20 cents for white extracted f. o. b. 

 their station. In fact, white orange is quoted at this 

 with a cent less for white sweet clover f. o. b. California 

 common points. Some little is being offered at 18 cents. 

 The market seems to be stabilizing around 20 cents for 

 best white extracted, and we will be surprised if the 

 price goes much higher, though not a few beekeepers 

 are holding for 25 cents f. o. b. their station. 



Texas honey sells for 17 to 19 cents. 



One large buyer of honey stated that he was offering 

 20 cents for white and 17 cents for amber, but that many 

 were asking 25 cents. He stated that at this price he 

 would buy only as fast as needed, since he was afraid of 

 a future decline. 



Comb honey prices are too low. With the present price 

 of extracted, comb honey should not sell under $8.50 per 

 case, yet we see no indication on the part of the pro- 

 ducer to ask such a price, the highest I have seen being 

 $7.50, and that for sales direct to consumer. 



The Montana Association is advising its members to 

 sell at the following prices: Comb honey, wholesale, 

 $6.50 per case, retail $7 per case. Extracte '. honey, retail, 

 5-lbs., $1.35, 10-lbs., $2.65, 60-lbs., at 23^ cents per pound. 

 Jobbing at 25 cents. 



They argue that the jobber who has last year's stock 

 left will have established a high price market and will, in 

 time, be ready to buy at the higher price of 25 cents, 

 which he paid last year. We know of one or two jobbers 

 who are unloading their last year's honey at a loss. Yet 

 the market may stiffen to the higher figure. 



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