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The society voted to adopt the foregoing rules as a whole, and to 

 request the Secretary to present them to the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association at its next meeting, at Albany, for consideration, revision and 

 adoption. 



Following the above rules, Mr. Baldridge had a note, which read as 

 follows : 



Note — The color of the honey to be known as light, medium and dark; 

 the crates to be unsoiled, but if otherwise, the honey in such crates to be 

 classed in the next grade below the one indicated in the instructions. 



Fourth Grade — All crates filled with honey not described in any of the 

 foregoing grades . 



The convention did not see fit to adopt these "notes." If felt that it 

 had done enough without that. It had made a commencement . Now we 

 have something to work on, to discuss, and to free trom fault. The adop- 

 tion oi these rules was really the most important work done by the conven- 

 tion, and perhaps the most important that will be done by any convention 

 this year. 



BEST SIZE FOR SHIPPING CRATES. 



Very properly following the discussion on the grading of honey, came 

 the question of the most desirable size for shipping crates . 



E . T . Abbott moved that the crates should hold a single tier, ranging 

 in weight from 12 to 48 pounds. 



R. A. Burnett — I should advise no crates to hold more than 24 pounds. 

 M. H. Mandelbaum — I quite agree with Mr . Burnett in that. 

 E. Walker — I would not think oi using any crate holding two tiers. 

 Mr. Abbott's motion was then finally amended and carried in this 

 revised form : 



Resolved, That the Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Society advise the use 

 of single tier crates, holding 12 to 24 pounds. 



PACKAGE FOR EXTRACTED HONEY. 



Mr. Mandelbaum advocated the use of tin cans (60 pounds) for shipping 

 extracted honey, putting two cans in a case. 



O. O. Poppleton — Chas. F. Muth wants nothing but barrels . 

 A. N. Draper — I use empty glucose barrels. I get them at the candy 

 factory, where they cost me only 50 cents. 



E. T. Abbott — My business is largely the selling of honey. It is put up 

 in the Muth jars, and is sold in the liquid state . If I find any beginning to 

 candy in the hands of a dealer I take it away and liquefy it. I do not like to 



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