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one time were given wide circulation in the newspapers. This 

 resulted in distrust of comb honey also. The National Bee- 

 keeper's Association and the A. I. Root Co., manufacturers o£ 

 bee-keeper's supplies, offered large rewards for proof that comb 

 honey had been successfully imitated, which helped to offset the 

 bad effects to some extent. 



Since the pure food laws have been so generally enforced 

 there is a returning confidence on the part of the public that 

 extracted honey may be pure and the price has advanced with 

 the increased demand until it is now as profitable as comb honey 

 production. Several years time will be required to overcome 

 the bad effects of the unfortunate conditions of other days. 



While the general laws of the nation and of the various States 

 that apply to weights and labels of food products include honey, 

 some States have passed specific laws prohibiting the adulteration 

 or misbranding of honey. 



New York Law. — The statute of Xew York is worded as 

 follows : 



Defining Honey. — The terms " honey," " liquid or extracted honey,'' 

 " strained honey " or " pure honey," as used in this article shall mean 

 the nectar of flowers that has been transformed by, and is the natural 

 product of the honey-bee, taken from the honeycomb and marketed in a 

 liquid, candied or granulated condition. 



Relating to Selling a Commodity in Imitation or Semblance of Honey.—' 

 Xo person or persons shall sell, keep for sale, expose or offer for sale, any 

 article or product in imitation or semblance of honey branded as " honey," 

 " liquid or extracted honey," " strained honey," or " pure honey " which is 

 not pure honey. No person or persons, firm, association, company or cor- 

 poration, shall manufacture, sell, expose, or offer for sale any compound 

 or mixture branded or labeled as and for honey which shall be made up 

 of honey mixed with any other substance or ingredient. There may be 

 printed on the package containing such compound or mixture statement 

 giving the ingredients of which it is made; if honey is one of such in- 

 gredients it shall be so stated in the same size type as are the other in- 

 gredients, but it shall not be sold, exposed for sale, or offered for sale as 

 honey; nor shall such compound or mixture be branded or labeled with the 

 word "honey" in any form other than as herein provided; nor shall any 

 product in semblance of honey, whether a mixture or not, be sold, exposed, 

 or offered for sale as honey, or branded or labeled with the word " honey " 

 unless such article is pure honey. 



The value of such a law in safeguarding the bee-keeper's 

 market and protecting the consumer against fraud can scarcely 



