SHIPPING CASES FOR COMB HONEY 
The carrier here shown is lined on the 
inside with paper to conform to the rulings 
of the railroad companies. On the bottom 
is then placed six or eight inches of loose 
straw evenly distributed, when the cases are 
piled in, one on top of the other, until the 
carrier is level full, four single-tier cases 
deep, of 24 pounds each,and two cases 
long. The paper is then neatly folded 
over, after which the cover boards are 
nailed in place as shown in the next cut. 
The carrier shown is so big and heavy 
that it can not be picked up by the freight- 
handlers and dumped or thrown. The han¬ 
dles sticking out suggest the method for 
moving it, and that means two men, to pick 
it up and carry it wheelbarrow fashion. 
Two can easily pick it up and move it 
from truck to car and from car to truck, 
and from truck to destination with perfect 
ease. Such a carrier will go either by 
freight or express—preferably by freight 
without breakage or leakage. If 500 or 
several thousand pounds of comb honey 
are to be shipped, carriers like those here 
shown should be used. While they entail 
some additional expense they insure safe 
delivery of the honey, save loss from break¬ 
age and leakage, and leave a pleased cus¬ 
tomer at the other end of the route. 
In very many instances tne beekeeper 
can and should carry his own comb honey 
with his own truck to his near-by towns and 
cities. On bad roads, in a common wagon 
with no springs, plenty of straw should be 
put in before loading the honey, but usu¬ 
ally an automobile truck is provided with 
springs, which, in connection with pneu¬ 
matic tires and careful driving, will insure 
safe delivery without any carriers or crates 
or straw in the bottom. 
It sometimes happens that all the local 
markets in the towns near by, as well as 
the cities, are more than supplied with 
comb honey. In that case, less than car¬ 
load shipments should be sent in carriers. 
HOW TO SHIP COMB HONEY IN CARLOTS. 
When sending honey in carlots the car¬ 
riers are not needed. The railroad com¬ 
panies should furnish a strong serviceable 
car that will stand rough usage—one that 
has not been used for carrying phosphate, 
wool, or live stock. A wagonload of straw 
should be provided in advance. The floor 
should be swept out when the car is ready. 
The' cases of comb honey should be neatly 
piled in the car one on top of the other, 
and of even height, like cord wood, leaving 
a clear space of at least a foot from each 
end of the cai\ It is important that the 
cases be piled snugly against each other, 
in such a way that the combs will be paral¬ 
lel with the track beneath. Any interven¬ 
ing space left on the sides next to the car 
should be filled in with crating, boards, or 
straw' tightly wedged in. There is not a 
great deal of side movement in a car; but 
it is important to provide for a 'slight 
amount of it. The whole car should then 
be filled out with comb honey of an even 
depth until within a foot or 18 inches of 
each end. It is not .advisable to pile the 
honey up higher than about eight cases 
single tier, or four cases double tier. The 
intervening space of 18 inches at each end 
of the car should be filled in with closely 
packed straw. This can not be packed in 
too snugly. The purpose of the straw is 
to provide against serious end shocks due 
to stopping or starting of the train. Tt 
sometimes happens that a car of comb lion- 
