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STATE bee-keepers' ASSOCIATION. IO3 



Dr. Miller— If he graded them all so that each case was 

 exactly alike, how many grades did that make? 



Mr. Niver — In our country it made nine. 



Dr. Miller — Did you ever grade any honey that way? 



Mr. Niver — Tons and tons of it. The way I came to do 

 that was that in our Association they gave me all the honey 

 to sell for a number of years. In our County Association 

 there were quite a large number who put all their honey in 

 my hands to sell, and I graded the whole of it, and we had 

 three colors for honey, and three grades. We had fancy, No. 

 I and No. 2; three colors, white, dark, and mixed, and the 

 mixed was sometimes three colors, and that made the nine 

 grades. 



Mr. Clarke — It seems that the thought is to educate the 

 bee-keeper or the merchant to beat the public. I think if all 

 these endeavors were to be put to educating the public to call 

 for what rightfully belongs to them, 16 ounces in their boxes, 

 it would help the bee-keeper a good deal more. Most of you 

 want a light box. He gets paid by the pound. Some of them 

 want 12 or 13 or 14 — hardly ever 15 ounces. If the customer 

 comes in he thinks he is getting a pound. They charge 20 

 cents whether there is a pound of 16 ounces or not. 



Mr. Hammersmark — I think if everybody was perfectly 

 honest, we could sell by the piece as well as by the pound; 

 but the trouble is everybody is not honest. 



Mr. Starkey — I believe we are all honest with ourselves ; 

 that is, we claim for ourselves what is right. I noticed, a 

 short time ago, an enterprising groceryman in my town that 

 took a large quantity of honey, and he advertised it for sale 

 at 18 cents a package. But it happened that these packages, 

 he stated were full weight ; and I had noticed a great many 

 people there ; and he told me that he had a remarkable sale of 

 this honey, and it was good honey, but the fact that it was 

 full-weight honey had as much or more to do with his selling 

 it than any other thing. There is a great deal of honey that 

 is to be bought at the same price that is a little short, and 

 people are not so stupid as we are sometimes inclined to 

 think. There are certain places where people have never 

 made any inquiries, that have never heard that honey is ever 

 sold any way but by the section, and if they are wrong they 

 don't know it, and if they are satisfied with their price it is 

 all right; but I believe that if we will say, "I can sell you a 

 full-weight section," the bee-keeper's conscience will be 

 easier. 



SIJCOND DAY— Forenoon Session. 



Mr. York — We are fortunate enough to have with us this 

 morning Rev. McCain, who is in active service. He will 

 offer prayer. 



Mr. York — The first number on the program is an ad- 

 dress by W. Z. Hutchinson, President of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, entitled, 



