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whole name and address upon your cases, unless you sell 

 directly to the retail dealers, as it will usually be erased 

 by the wholesale merchants, giving the case an untidy and 

 damaged appearance. 



RELIABLE DEALERS. 



The necessity of patronizing a strictly reliable house 

 cannot be too strongly impressed. It is never judicious 

 to allow a popular brand of honey to go into the hands 

 of dealers who are known to handle adulterated honey in 

 any form, or are in any way untrustworthy. I have re- 

 frained from selling my honey to such parties, even when 

 offered a larger cash price for it, than I could realize by 

 placing it in the hands of a reliable commission merchant. 

 Thoroughly honest and trustworthy men can be found in 

 every city and town, aad should be sought out and 

 patronized. 



MATERIAL FOR CASES. 



For the ends of the case and the slats at the side I find 

 nothing better than bass wood. The very best white bass- 

 wood should be procured for the purpose. The top and 

 bottom may be of pine, or basswood may be used for the 

 whole case. 



MANUFACTURING CASES. 



All work should be done in the neatest and most 

 workmanlike manner. The thickness of the ends should, 

 of course, vary according to the size of the cases ; 

 from '/, inch for 5 lb. cases, to '/, inch for a 20 lb. case. 

 In shipping and storing in commission houses, where 

 room is limited, it is often necessary to pile the cases 

 several tiers high. It will be seen that they must be 

 strong that those at the bottom may sustain the weight 

 of all above them. While in New York in the fall of 

 1878, I saw a fine lot of honey leaking badly, caused by 



