FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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to leave the home market in their hands. I suspect, how- 

 ever, that it would have been to my advantage to have 

 paid more attention to developing my home market for 

 extracted honey.. 



HOME VERSUS DISTANT MARKET. 



In deciding between a home and a distant market, 

 there are more things to be taken into consideration than 

 are always thought of. There is breakage in transporta- 

 tion, and the greater the distance the greater the risk. 

 If Lean load my honey into a car myself, and it goes to 

 its destination without change of cars, I do not feel very 

 anxious about it. On this account a car-load is safer 

 than a small quantity, for a full car-load may be sent al- 

 most any distance without re-shipping. If re-shipped, it 



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is not at all certain how it will be packed in a car. I 

 once sent a lot of honey to Cincinnati, and when it ar- 



