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The grading- of the honey can not be too carefully and 

 honestly done. One or more inferior sections in the middle of 

 a case may, and ought to, do the packer great harm. " An 

 honest pack " should be the motto and pride of every man who 

 has honey or any other commodity to sell. All sections well 

 filled should be called " fancy " (Fig. 193), and all filled wholly, 

 " extra fancy " (Fig. 194). If not quite filled out at the corners 



Fig. 194. 



Comb Hoiiey, Extra Fancy ^ in Plain Sectimis^ 

 — From A. I. Hoot Co. 



it may be No. 1 ; when quite a space is empty, No. 2. (See 

 Fig. 193.) These four grades will be enough. The kind of 

 honey should be on the label, as " Buckwheat, Fxtra Fancy," 

 " Clover, Fancy," etc. All honey below No. 2 should be kept, 

 and after being cleaned out as before described, retained for 

 baits the next season. 



Every bee-keeper should encourage the sale of honey by 

 broadly circulating the honey leaflets, showing how honey can 

 be used in cookery, etc. The following recipes are used in 



