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that will justify a man to ship off honey to the neglect of his 

 home market. If shipped to be sold on commission, provided 

 he ships to a near market, the pricH should be at least 2V2 cents 

 per pound more than he can get in his home market, to justify 

 his shipping. If he ships to a distant market the difference 

 should be still more, as the additional freight may make a dif- 

 ference of 1 cent per pound or more, and the risk of breakage 

 becomes greater. 



Fig. 100. — Sections Ready for Casing. 



Not always, however, must I be willing to sell in my home 

 market for less than I can get abroad. If there is a year of 

 dead failure in my locality, or so nearly a failure that the 

 home market must be at least partly supplied from elsewhere, 

 then I should get more for my honey than the grocers will have 

 to pay in the large city markets, for they must add freight to 

 the price they pay there. 



FALL FEEDING. 



Some seasons are so poor that the bees do not get enough 

 throughout the whole season to carry them through the winter. 



