FAIR NO. 
sumers, and to dealers in an article that is bo 
easily adulterated, a good name brings a good 
trade. The wholesale price of honey is not so 
high at prescut as at one time there was rea¬ 
son to believe it would be. Extracted honey 
ranges from six to eight cents a pound, and 
comb honey from tcu to twelve cents, extra- 
fine goiug as high a6 fifteen cents. 
Though there is a fair crop, there 
k is but little danger that the mar- 
f ket will be overstocked, and the 
demand is likely to be us great, 
or greater than last year; the 
taste that has been acquired and 
stimulated under the influence 
of low prices has not vanished. 
We apprehend, therefore, that 
prices will rise later in the sea¬ 
son, and bee-keepers should be 
in no hurry to market their sur- 
V plus honey. 
emptied it can readily be utilized in the house¬ 
hold. Much is also sold in tin cans, holding 
from one to five pounds, but this is not an at- 
city, that sells immense quantities of honey on 
commission, Informed us recently that they 
sold more comb honey in one-pound boxes, 
YOUNG FARMERS AT THE 
FAIRS. 
rmx Wj The use of agricultural fairs as 
educational agencies is not as 
generally appreciated as I think 
mm It should be, especially by ycfnng 
Kffi&W farmers. It is very gratifying to 
jipjy notice some of this class at our 
large fairs each year making 
jSfe.y careful observations, with note- 
book and pencil hand, jotting 
down whatever strikes them as 
most interesting in each de¬ 
partment of the exhibition, l^uch 
young men will be sure, to ho found hereafter 
among the leaders iu agricultural progress. 
In no other way, at so little expense of time 
and money, can a young farmer gain so much 
knowledge directly relating to his profession, 
as in the right use of his opportunities at the 
fairs. 
But “alas, ’tis true, and pity ’tis ’tis true” 
that multitudes of young men—even yona" far¬ 
mers—so to these fairs as they would to a 
DISPOSING OF THE HONEY CROP 
Reports now indicate that there is a fair 
crop of honey to be marketed this season, 
though it is far from being as large as the crop 
of last year. There are two main causes for 
its diminution the stock of bees was greatly 
reduced by the almost unparalleled mortality 
that prevailed last winter among these busy 
little workers, and this season bee-keepers 
have been obliged to pay special attention to 
the increase of colonies, rather than to the 
production of surplus honey. And again, the 
drought which in the early part of the sum¬ 
mer was severely felt in many sections of the 
country, prevented the production of a full 
crop of white clover honey. But, in spite of 
these two causes, the crop is larger than it was 
at one time expected to be. In California the 
drought was so severe that many bee-keepers 
hardly expected to produce honey enough to 
carry their stocks 
through the coining win¬ 
ter, but later rains in¬ 
creased the flora aud now 
the crop is said to be 
good. In most localities 
the honey yield is now 
over, and the market is 
To dispose of the crop V 
at the greatest profit, 
close atlenli<m should he 
paid to the wants of the ^ 
market, and generally it 
i6 best to choose a near / 
market in preference to / 
a more distant one. Eu- j ; 
doavor to create a home ( jf ? 
demand. This can be \.| 
done by advertising the ^ 
product aud occasionally f 3 
making judicious pres- v • 
outs of small quantities | 
of the best honey; by }!/, 
making the packages as 
attractive as possible,and V> 
by taking pain6 to suit I ij 
the whims of the custo- W 
rners. Small producers \ 
especially should never 
send their honey to dis¬ 
tant markets If there is 
a possibility of selling it at home. We have 
known instances in which 25 and .10 per cent. 
Per pound was paid in the home market more 
than the quoted market price iu the large 
cities. 
Study the wants of the market. At present 
consumers seem to have a preference for the 
gjnall section boxes which measure 4£ by 4J 
jnches and two Inches wide, and hold one 
pound of capped honey. To make the box 
jnore attractive, it is covered on each side with 
ii plato of thin glass, the glass being held In 
place by a close-fitting light cap of wood or 
pasteboard, at each end of the box. If the 
comb should happen to leak, the honey then 
canuot run out ami “muss” other boxes, but 
Will coUuot in thfi \Qyy g|p, £ Ann efjhfc 
Iris Laevigata Seedling 
We see them thronging around the horse ring 
for hours together, watching the trots or races 
and listening to the useless talk of town loafers 
and gamblers. They are also attracted to the 
various side-shows by the cheap music and 
noisy clatter, where time and mouey are spent 
without any valuable return. These young 
meu, and such older farmers as can Bee no 
real utility iu agricultural fairs, are sure to be 
among Che mere drudges of the profession. 
They tell us that farm life is very toilsome and 
monotonous, aud if they can got away from 
home for a day, they must take the opportunity 
for a little recreation. Just as though there 
was no pleasure or recreation for them iu the 
acquisition of knowledge 
and in witnessing the evi- 
deuces of the world's pro- 
/ Ul ' \ Iu my experience as an 
/ editor, or correspondent 
If t for agricultural papers, 
Jf ,' ^ it has beeu my practice 
,V IM toobserveaudtakenot.es 
Hll of all that was uew or of 
fill ..—i- special interest in each 
jv jl&Z' department of a fair, and 
/ to obtain facts of interest 
to the public, from the 
various exhibitors and 
I have 
tractive form, and honey thus put up cannot 
command a high price. 
Label every box, jar and can with neatly- 
printed labels, giving die name of the pro¬ 
ducer, the place where he lives, and the quan¬ 
tity and quality of honey. This is the only 
way to establish a reputation among the con- 
put up in this way, than in any other form in 
which it was offered for sale. For foreign 
markets, on the other hand, the prize box has 
the preference. 
Extracted honey should be in glass jars, 
holding from one to three pounds. A quart 
fruit jar will hold three pounds, and when it is 
committee-men 
\ofteu wished that hun- 
'’sffy. y ~ mer would try the experi- 
ment of going through 
MWtiu ' u , a good State fair, annu- 
iIVvlv ally, for a few years in 
\ i {I (,11this way, just as though 
v\\\ rv\\ Vv^v^wir they were employed to 
give full aud progressive 
reports thereof tor some 
“ s ™"" tbiTs^ prominent journal. The 
information and mental 
training thus gained, 
would be of as much 
benefit to them in after 
1 i f o- as is sometimes 
gotten from a course iu college; or, at any 
rate, would go far to make up for any lack of 
scholastic advantages. Young farmers who 
will improve such opportunities as these fairs 
afford for gaining knowledge, will never be “be¬ 
hind the times” iu intelligence respecting the 
improvements in agriculture; and they wlll.be 
sure to adopt many useful ideas which they 
have acquired, aud thus by example, if not by 
precept, will become teachers and benefactors 
of others. M. B. Bateham. 
PamesvUie, o. 
P*' -hictive industry, says Hon. W. K. 
G/i>s< n, is suffering to-day because of young 
-ter .eaving farms and crowding our cities 
oo higher apibltloq than fcggfl! f»pa bnj 
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