276 FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



know that it will carry well, unless the engine does an 

 unreasonable amount of bumping. 



PACKING SECTIONS IN A CAR. 



Very likely a number of cases of honey packed in 

 a crate do not need any special care in loading ; but if I 

 can make sure that the honey will go through to its 

 destination without any reloading, I prefer to put the 

 cases in the car one by one. If the number of cases is so 

 small that there is no need to pile one case on another, 

 then the cases are put in one end of the car and kept in 

 place by a strip of common inch lumber nailed on the 

 floor. If there are enough cases so they must be tiered 

 up, then the lower tier has a strip nailed on the floor as 

 before, but each of the upper tiers is fastened differently. 

 On each side of the car is nailed a cleat to support a 

 fence-board which runs across the width of the car, rest- 

 ing flat like a shelf on these cleats. Another cleat is 

 nailed on the side of the car over the board, so it can 

 move neither up nor down. The board is up tight 

 against the cases, perhaps a little above their middle. 

 Then a third cleat is nailed on each side of the car against 

 the board to prevent the board from moving in the least. 



If there is a space at the side of the car, straw is 

 packed hard into it beside the cases. If the space is very 

 small, pieces of old wooden separators may be wedged 

 in. Newspapers are laid on the bottom of the car under 

 the cases, and newspapers tacked on top of them. 



HOME MARKET. 



Much has been said about cultivating a home mar- 

 ket, but there are two sides to the matter. If bee-keepers 

 from neighboring towns come in and supply my home 

 market at 2 cents per pound less than my honey nets me 

 when shipped to a distant market, about all I can do is 



