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A STANDARD HONEY 

 GRADER 



The honey producer needs — and has long needed — a standard honey grader by the use of which lie 

 could absolutely determine the grade of his honey as to color, whether he lives in California or Maine. 

 There has heretofore been no standard. The producer of honey and the buyer of honey have each 

 had in his own mind his own standard. Accordingly they have differed and haggled, resulting in con- 

 fusion and misunderstanding and sometimes in bad feeling. This condition has been a positive detri- 

 ment to the business everywhere. 



Recognizing the ureal mad of a standard honey grader, so that honey could be graded just as 

 grain is accurately graded in all markets the same, experts in the A. 1. Root Company set to work on 

 the problem several years ago. Experiments oi every kind in the testing of colors and color ma- 

 terials was begun. A large number of experts in the honey industry thruout the country were con- 

 sulted as to tin standard of shades of honey to be adopted and the number of such shades to be 

 tandard. Samples of shades were submitted to these various experts and to many large honey 

 producers, till a practically unanimous agreement was reached in adopting shades of "water white." 

 "white," "light amber," "amber" and "dark." Only after comparing the colors of various honeys from 

 every part of America were these shades adopted as standard 



Experiments with colored liquids in small containers and many combinations of colored glass were 

 made. The problems and difficulties m securing exact shades oi colors and permariencj of such colors 

 any. Simplicity, practicability and permanency as well as definiteness oi color were kept fore 

 most m mind. It was finally determined that colored glass and only colored glass could meet the 

 and never-changing requirements in furnishing standard honey colors. Paint, colored 

 celluloid, colored liquids, etc., all change color when long subjected to light. 

 The glass makers of America and Europe were then consulted, and asked to match in glass the 



igreed u] as standard. No American glass-maker could meet the requirements; 



glass-maker of France was found who could -and did, altho at very large expense. 



THE ROOT HONEY-GRADER 



perimenting and advising, we are prepared to furnish I he honey producers of 



Amerii I and certain. It has already been adopted as 



tlifornia Horn P Co iperative Exchange and by Airline. The accompanj 



ing illustration shows at a glance what it is and how it is used. The five standard honey shadi 



ill glass plates, which are inserted in a « len Frame, provided with round cut 



For the insertion of a small glass container which is standardized size. 

 is pul in this container, which then maj be inserted in anj one 



the two grade coloi nearest matching it, and the grade is thus determined. 



We shall be glad to furnish full information to all producers of honey interested in this trulj "long 

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per cent on all beekeepers' supplii ordered in October.) 



THE A. I. ROOT CO. 



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