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tluct. You do not receive a letter 

 from a manufacturing concern stat- 

 ing that they have one hundred 

 hives on hand and asking you what 

 you are paying for hives this year. 

 That is the way the beekeeper 

 writes to the honey buyer, however. 

 The unorganized industry always 

 will buy on the high market and 

 sell on the low market, and will for- 

 ever be at the mercy of the organ- 

 ized industry. 



We cannot expect any improvement 

 in the situation, so long as we de- 

 pend upon the honey buyers and 

 dealers to improve the situation for 

 us. If the situation is improved it 

 will be for their own benefit just 

 as it will be for our own benefit if 

 we ourselves improve conditions. If 

 I buy a car of honey it is for my 

 own profit and not to help out the 

 producers raising the crop. Of 



course I am glad if the market is 

 such that I can pay a good price and 

 sell the same way, but my own in- 

 terest comes first. I will not pay 

 any more than I liav)e to and neith- 

 er will you or anyone else. Suppose 

 you go to a commission man and 

 say, now you are getting too much, 

 10 per cent is too much, you can 

 afford to do the business for 5 per 

 cent! You will now please reduce 

 your commission, as I suggest! You 

 know what he would say, and I 

 know what I would say if I was 

 in his place. 



Dr. T. N. Carver told us at our 

 Farmers' Congress in Colorado re- 

 cently that while he was hardly 

 ready to endorse the idea fully he 

 would make it as a tentative pro- 

 position that those who were not 

 capable of cooperating were the leg- 

 itimate prey of those who can. 

 That is a sound basis for us to 

 work upon, our betterment is 

 strictly up to us, we do not court or 

 need any uplift from the outside. 



We have no legitimate complaint 

 against anyone or any conditions, if 

 they are not satisfactory it is up 

 to us to change them. 



The present methods of distribu- 

 tion have not been sufficient, if they 

 had been we would not find one city 

 consuming large amounts of honey 

 and another city scarcely any. The 

 development of the market will be 

 slow but there must be a beginning 

 or we must remain content with 

 condition^ as they are. The pres- 

 ent distributing agencies will not be 



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 The lieliable i'cnillry Joui'iial is one 

 of the very be.st pDultry journaLs pub- 

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FOR SALE — Two dozen mailing cases 

 bottles and corks, for mailing samples 

 of honey, sold to members for an 

 even dollar. They weigh four pounds 

 and are padded to go by parcel post. 

 Your postmaster can tell you how much 

 to include for postage from Lowell, 

 Mass. Larger quantities at correspond- 

 ingly less price to go by freight or ex- 

 press. Say how many you can use. Ad- 

 dress THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 

 Northstar, Michigan. 



Gather in the White Sweet Clover Seed 

 Those wlio Jiave had experience tell 

 us that it is wonderful how well 

 white sweet clover yields seed. We were 

 wondering if there were not many of 

 our members who live in a locality 

 where sweet clover seed can be har- 

 vested at a profit. 



Tlie very best seed is cut and thrash- 

 ed by hand, then run through a fan- 

 ning mill. This is the method that 

 produces the unhulled variety, which is 

 usually free from weed seed or foreign 

 matter. 



WHITE SWEET CLOVER SEED— We 

 are getting in "touch" witli several 

 members who will harvest a consider- 

 able White Sweet Clover Seed this fail. 

 Last season we could not get half 

 enough of the unhulled white to supply 

 our members. We would suggest that 

 those wanting seed place their order 

 early this fall, as we anticipate anoth- 

 er season of heavy demand. You may 

 send in $15 per hundred pounds for the 

 unhulled white variety, and if the price 

 is more or less this can be adjusted at 

 the time of shipment. Addiess The 

 Beekeepers' Review, Northstar, Mich. 



FOR SALE — An extra-fine quality of 

 white extracted honey put up in new 

 60-lb. net tin cans, two in a case for 

 shipment. Our crop of honey this year 

 is a blend of about half each of clover 

 and basswood, thoroughly cured on the 

 hives by the bees before extracting. 

 The fact is, not a single pound of the 

 crop was extracted until some time 

 after the close of the honey-flow. Rich, 

 ripe, ropy goods, worth twice as much 

 as thin unripe honey extracted during 

 the flow. For this, exquisite stock we 

 are asking 10 cts. per pound on car 

 here. Do not be deceived by cheap un- 

 ripe stock when a trifle more buys this 

 superior white clover-basswood blend 

 that your customers will want more of 

 from time to time. Ten yards. One 

 thousand colonies. Liberal sample free. 

 Address 



E. D. TOWNSEND & SONS, 



Northstar, Mich. 



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