OR, MANUAI< OP THB apiary. 



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Vermont, praises these very highly. Grocerymen may well be 

 urged to use them. 



In shipping in freight cars, it is desirable that the sections 

 be set lengthwise of the cars, as the danger from the shocks of 

 starting and stopping will be much less. Always ship a car- 



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No. 1. 



CombSoney. — From A. J. Root Co. 



No. 2. 



load, if possible, so as to avoid re-shipping. When moving 

 honey in a wagon the combs should extend crosswise of the 

 wagon. 



In groceries, where the apiarist keeps honey for sale, it will 

 pay him, unless the groceryman will use a fine exhibition case, 

 to furnish his own boxes. These should be made of white- 

 wood, very neat, and glassed in front to show the honey, and 

 the cover so fixed that unglassed sections — and these, probably 

 will soon become the most popular — can not be punched or 

 fingered. Be sure, too, that the label, with kind of honey, 

 grade, and name of apiarist (Fig. 18S) be so plain that "he 

 who runs may read." 



