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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



was after the amount for the money 



expended, to buy extracted honey. He 



said they paid 25 cents a pound for 

 it, and wanted to know if there was 

 any way he could do any better. I 

 told him if he bought it in a 60 lb. can, 

 he could get it for 10 cents a pound, 

 and he said that was the thing for him 

 to do. People don't know that; if we 

 can get people to know that, they will 

 buy that much more honey. We keep 

 talking about 2 lbs., and 12 ounces; if 

 we go at it in the right way we can 

 get a lot more people to buy 60 lb. 

 cans of honey at a time. 



Mr. Wilcox — ^I agree with Dr. Miller. 

 I have sold, this fall, 30 60 lb. cans 

 that I suppose were divided up one can 

 to each family, and I keep nothing 

 smaller that 12 lb. cans for shipping, 

 but for home trade and the neighbors, 

 I can get along with a 10 pound pail, 

 but would not handle anything 

 smaller. I tell them if they want it 

 in small quantities, for some one to 

 buy the large one and divide it up. I 

 believe most families can use a 60 lb. 

 can of honey, especially west of the * 

 Mississippi river, and I have sold more 

 than a dozen in Milwaukee this fall. 



Mr. Ahlers — I w:ould like to give yjou 

 my price list to show you that I try 

 to sell to my customers 60 lb. cans; 

 I think my price list will interest you. 

 It is as follows: 



"To My Friends ^nd Patrons — I 

 herewith take pleasure to hand you 

 my price list for honey for the season 

 1910 and 1911. These prices take effect 

 September 1, 1910. Orders received in 

 July and August, accompanied with " 

 payment, %c pound less. 



6 10 lb. pails clover honey, at 11^/^ 

 cents per pound; 12 5 lb. pails clover 

 honey at 12 cents; 60 lb. cans, in one 

 can, at 11% cents per pound. 



The above put up in boxes holding 

 60 lbs. each. Boxes weigh about 8 lbs. 



One hundred and twenty pounds of 

 honey, 2 cans in one box; weight of 

 box, about 15 pounds. Less than 60 

 pounds size, quarter of a cent per 

 pound higher. 



Freight prepaid on shipments of 120 

 pounds or more." 



And most of rny orders run 120 

 pounds or more, because the freight 

 amounts — the highest is 75 cents any- 

 where in Dakota, and to the farthest . 

 points in New York and Boston it 

 ranges from 75 to 90 cents a hundred 

 pounds, and if I get orders from New 



York and Boston, they really don't be- 

 long to me — they belong to some other 

 bee-keeper, and I can afford to pay the 

 freight; they will take 120 • pounds if 

 they can save that little freight; it 

 amounts, to Chicago, 25 cents. I ship 

 a lot of it to Chicago. They would 

 take only 6'0' pounds, or 10, if it was not 

 for this little item of freight that 1 

 allow them. 



"Thirteen-pound pail, at 12 cents 

 per pound; 25-pound pail, at 11 cents 

 per pound. 



Shipped in light, sealed carton boxes, 

 weight, about 1 pound each, by Amer- 

 ican Express Company, Chicago; rate, 

 80 cents per hundred pounds; m.ini- 

 mum, 35 cents. Less J;han 60 pounds, 

 one size, quairter of a cent per pound 

 higher." (If I had that to do over 1 

 would charge 1-3 cent per pound 

 higher.) And I believe that bee-keep- 

 ers can sell their honey in 60-pouiid 

 orders. I think, as Dr. Miller says, 

 the people can he induced to take 60 

 pounds if they get it cheaper. 



Mr. Arnd — A 12-ounce bottle of 

 honey would retail in Chicago at 25 

 cents. 



A Member — ^What should it retail at? 



Mr. York — 1 should say 20 cents 

 would be a fair price. 



Price of Extracted Honey. 



"Is there any excuse for any bee- 

 keeper selling extracted honey for 7 

 cents a pound this year?" 



Mr. Taylor — ^Not if it is good honey. 



Mr. Wilcox— I have plenty of it to 

 offer at that price. 



Dr. Miller — ^What is the matter with 

 it? 



Mr. Wilcox — ^Honey-dew. It is good 

 eating, if you don't know what it is 

 made. of. 



Pres. York — All those who think 

 there is a good excuse for offering good, 

 white extracted honey at 7 cents a 

 pound this year, raise your hands. (No . 

 hands raised.) 



Comb or Extracted Honey? 



"Which should we produce, comb or 

 .extracted honey?" 



Mr. Taylor — I think we should pro- 

 duce comb honey. 



Pres. York — How many think we 

 should produce comb honey, raise 

 hands. (15 hands raised.) " 



Pres. York— How many think we 



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