8 BULLETIN" 325, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



honey shows no present signs of abatement and must be accepted as 

 a probable factor for some time to come. 



The quantities of honey exported are not stated in the official 

 returns of exports, but the values of total exports of this commodity 

 for the fiscal years 1910 to 1914, inclusive, were 159, 82, 213, 182, and 

 136 thousands of dollars, respectively. About two-thirds of this 

 honey is ordinarily shipped from the Pacific coast, 10 to 20 per cent 

 from Porto Rico and Hawaii, and most of the remainder from the 

 port of New York. Evidently, from its source, it is mostly extracted. 

 The exports have been principally to Germany, which has taken from 

 40 to 60 per cent annually. Canada has taken from 15 to 20 per cent. 

 The exports to the United Kingdom amounted to $59,000 in 1910, 

 but had fallen to $4,000 in 1914. The exports for the present fiscal 

 year, beginning July 1, 1914, just prior to the opening of the European 

 war, amounted to approximately $114,000, the exports to Germany 

 being $10,200, to Denmark $14,375, to the United Kingdom $53,763, 

 and to Canada $14,930. The exports are therefore seen to have 

 suffered some reduction from past years as a result of the war. 



The effect of both these movements — increased imports and 

 decreased exports — is to increase the amount of honey that must be 

 disposed of in our home markets. It will be observed that this com- 

 merce is concerned in but very slight measure with comb honey, for 

 good grades of which the home market furnishes sufficient demand. 



