THE BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW 325 



tween profit and loss in the production of your crop. Do not sell to 

 the jobber — wholesale your crop. 



The Honey Crop Condition to Date 



Continued cool weather coupled with an abundance of rains 

 has continued the clover flow in the northern tier of states until in 

 some favored locations a full or normal crop of honey has been se- 

 cured. As there has not been too much of the better grades of 

 honey produced in years, this small addition to the short crop should 

 not make any difference in the price of table honey this year. 



The Marking of Comb Honey For Interstate Shipment 



If honey is shipped outside your state the net weight MUST 

 be stamped on each section. This net weight is what honey the 

 section contains, BUT NOT THE WOOD. It is customary to allow 

 an ounce for the section when weighing, each section being weighed 

 separately. While we have had no experience in weighing and 

 grading under the new regulations, it is presumed there will be but 

 one grade, or heft of fancy comb. Two grades, or hefts of number 

 one, and three grades or hefts of number two. A few sections in 

 each case may weigh less than the stamped net weight, but in this 

 event enough sections in the case MUST weigh enough more to 

 make up what the short weight sections lack. 



In other words, the net weight of the case must be the same, 

 or more, than the aggregate or individual sections. 



The Price to Ask for Extracted Honey When Sold Direct to the 



Consumer 



Our increasing orders for five and ten pound friction top pails, 

 convinces us that more and more producers are awakening to the 

 fact that there are great possibilities in selling their better grades 

 of extracted honey direct to the consumer and now the question 

 arises — what price should be asked, above the wholesale to pay one 

 for all this extra work and expense of putting up in small packages, 

 then taking valuable time to sell it in small lots, instead of "lump- 

 ing" it to some jobber. For there certainly should be some object 

 if one undertakes this task. 



In answer to many inquiries along the line of a suitable price 

 to ask for the better grades of extracted honey in fives and tens, 

 we will mention the minimum price that it would be advisable to 

 start in at, where the expenses are not exhorbitant like selling near 

 home, or in locations where the expenses can be kept at a reasonable 



