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methods of honey production, comparatively Uttle has been 

 done to better the marketing conditions. This is absolutely 

 necessary if sales are to keep pace with production, and prices 

 remain within reason for the producer. A few beekeepers 

 like J. J. Wilder are pioneering in aiding others to sell their 

 honey at a reasonable price, and still others are venturing into 

 bottling and exploiting their own markets. The good effect of 

 such ventures has already been felt in all such territories where 

 the work is under way. Southern beekeepers, with their fingers 

 on the pulse of sales and prices, should endeavor to keep up 

 prices in comparison with increased production and to educate 

 all markets to use southern honey. The classification ' 'Southern" 

 should soon become as famous as that of "Uvalde" or "Lone 

 Star.' 



