THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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value of his money. Retailers sell hon- 

 ey l)y the section as a matter of conven- 

 ience. Where the sections are uniform 

 it saves quite a little time to say: "This 

 section we sell at twenty cents, this at 

 eij^hteen cents, this at fifteen cents;" 

 hence the desire of honorable dealers to 

 get sections in a case that run uniformly, 

 so that they may be saved the time of 

 weighing each piece, and yet give their 

 customers value for money asked. 



The demand for sections weighing less 

 than a pound, say fourteen ounces, comes 

 from that class of dealers who continual- 

 ly seek to sell goods a little cheaper than 

 their neighbors, and yet make as good or 

 l>etter profit than their competitors. If 

 all of the so-called pound sections were 

 of the same weight, weighing would not 

 be necessary; and the vendor who gives 

 light weights would have no advantage 

 over his competitor who gives full weight. 

 In these daj-s of active competition and 

 small profits, a great many of the dealers 

 resort to all the make-believes that will 

 possibly pass muster. 



We quite agree with Mr. Crane that 

 light-weight sections should be put in 

 separate cases; so that the different buy- 

 ers could get what they want; for it is 

 true that many will want heavy combs 

 and many light; and when they are mix- 

 ed through the case neither are satisfied ; 

 as it prevents the sections being sold as 

 weighing so much; necessitating the put- 

 ting of each one on the scales to ascertain 

 how many ounces it contains. 



This subject of light-weight sections is 

 (juite a delicate one; the retailer who 

 wishes to give bargains, desires that a 

 light weight section shall in appearance 

 have as nmch honey in it as the heavy- 

 weight; therefore, if the light-weight sec- 

 licju is not fastened to all sides of the 

 frame, and of thin comb, it does not serve 

 his purpose. We have thought very much 

 on this question, and can never get away 

 from the conviction that the only yi/zVand 

 accurate way is to huy and sell honey by 

 7cci^hl. 



CHic.\r,f), 111. Feb. 25, 1899. 



ood things 



From other Journals, 



SEI,ECTED BY DR. A. B. M.A.SON. 



THE INTRODUCTORY BOW. 



MR. Editor: When you asked me to 

 look over the other journals, and 

 tell the readers of the Review of some of 

 W\& good things in them, you can't imag- 

 ine the thoughts that went chasing each 

 other through my mind at such an un- 

 heard of request. 



.\bout the first thought was, "why, 

 that's ye editor's business. " We expect 

 to find some of the good things copied 

 from other journals; and they are just as 

 good as though they were original arti- 

 cles written on purpose for the journal 

 that copies them. Then, again, why 

 should you ask me to write about the 

 "good things ?" Don't you know that 

 it's easier for me to pick out and critici.se 

 those things that I don't agree with than 

 to commend the good things I see ? 

 Most of what appears in the journals is 

 all right; and that is what we expect; and 

 we take the good and say nothing, and let 

 the rest go. By "we" I don't include 

 Messrs. R. L. Taylor, Dr. Miller, and Bro. 

 Doolittle; for it is their business to be 

 "picking" at something or some one. 

 Now don't let either of this gigantic trio 

 "sass" me back, at any time, oi" there may 

 Ije trouble. 



Another thought was, "why that's an 

 easy thing to do;" but, as the days, and 

 even weeks, have slipped by since you 

 made this request, and I have looked over 

 some of the recent numbers of the jour- 

 nals, I have felt more and more my 

 inability to comply with your rec|uest. 

 Then I thought I could hide behind .some 

 7Win de plume; but as I always like to know 

 who is talking to me, I presumed others 

 felt the same way, and I didn't give that 

 course a second thought. 



