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SHIPPING CASES FOR COMB HONEY 
rougher usage without breakage than simi¬ 
lar sections placed in a case having rigid 
cleats across the bottom that, of course, can¬ 
not absorb any of the concussion. Experi¬ 
ence has also demonstrated that it is wiser 
to use narrower glass. It shows enough of 
Regular 12-lb. shipping case. 
the honey, and at the same time permits of 
the use of wider cleats and more nails in the 
front. When these are properly nailed, 
the case is much stronger. * 
Sometimes cross-partitions of corrugated 
paper are used, and at other times cartons 
of cheap strawboard, such car¬ 
tons slipping around each indi¬ 
vidual section. If these are a lit¬ 
tle larger than the sections, and 
especially if a little deeper, they 
will sustain all the weight that 
may be placed on top of the 
case, leaving the sections which 
they contain without any strain 
upon them. The cartons have the 
further advantage that they can 
be sold with the individual sec¬ 
tions. In this way the delicate 
comb is protected, not only dur¬ 
ing shipment, but while in the 
market basket on the way from the grocery 
to the home. 
Regular single-tier 24-lb. shipping case. 
If there is anything that disgusts the 
housekeeper, it is a leaky section of honey 
that besmears all her other groceries, mak¬ 
ing a broken, sticky mess of everything. 
If the comb-honey producer would have 
the consumer pleased as well as the large 
dealer and buyer, he must make sure that 
his goods are protected clear to the con¬ 
sumer. 
The illustration below shows how the cov¬ 
er-boards are halved together, and how the 
glass is let into the strips. The strips should 
be thoroly nailed, two nails in each end: 
in fact, the case should be well nailed all 
over. So far as possible it should be made 
very rigid, so that it will not spring nor 
twist. If the case is at all frail the sections 
are almost sure to receive damage, particu¬ 
larly so if corrugated paper and cartons 
are not used. 
. While shipping cases containing cartons 
and corrugated paper and built on scientific 
lines cost more, as a matter of course, than 
the old-style cases, yet the producer can 
well afford to use them, because he will 
save a considerable breakage, leakage, and 
no end of complaint, and, besidek, avoid 
practically all trouble with the commission 
merchants or the dealers who buy the goods. 
When the comb honey goes thru in bad 
order there is considerable correspond¬ 
ence as to what would be a proper adjust¬ 
ment Should the services of an attorney 
be needed, and suit brought, still greater 
expense is incurred. • 
WHY IT PAYS TO USE BETTER SHIPPING 
CASES. 
One large buyer of comb honey who buys 
honey in car lots made the statement that 
his breakage carefully figured up in one 
season showed a loss to the producer of not 
less than 11 3-10 per cent. If the ship- 
