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Table VIII. — Honey: Form in which produced — Continued. 



FORM OF HONEY PRODUCED. 



Honey is produced in three principal forms: First, comb- 

 honey in 1 -pound sections, as commonly retailed; second, 

 extracted or liquid honey, ordinarily removed from the comb 

 by means of a centrifugal machiae, although sometimes by 

 crushing the comb and draining, or by pressing it, although 

 this last procedure is Ukely to produce an inferior product; 

 third, "bulk" or "chunk" honey, the comb honey more or 

 less broken and mixed with the liquid honey. A pleasing 

 form of "chunk" honey is that prepared in large quantities 

 in Texas and some other States, choice comb being cut from 

 the frames, packed in tin pails or glass jars and the remaining 

 space in the container filled with extracted honey from the 

 same source. 



According to the reports to the bureau, which are shown in 

 detail by States and for the four years, 1914 to 1917, inclusive, 

 in Table VIII, the proportion of comb and "chimk" honey 

 shows a tendency to decrease, and of extracted to increase, 

 the change from "chunk" and to extracted being par- 

 ticularly noticeable in 1917, reflecting an endeavor on the 

 part of the producers to increase the production of honey in 

 view of the threatened sugar shortage. Bees are ordinarily 



