Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-26
Yps Suseles Nsrald.
Eetss on Marketing Honey.
IRural press.l

Dodant, OF Iowa. giving the results
OF IA yeafs' experience in mcrket.
ing honey. We shall select q few
paragraphs Of interest:
POINTS ON STRIPPING COMB HONEY.
Comb honey in sections, whether
glassed or not, is. OF course, best
when put up in the crates now in
general use among progressive bse-
keen But considerable care bas
to be used in selecting and grading
tho honey; not only In regard to
beauty and quality, but also in re-
gard to brittleness. By this we
mean that some combs are easily
broken, on account of their being
only fastened to the section at the
top, and not at all at the bottom or
sides; some others are fastened at
both top and sides, but not at the
bottom, and are less liable to break,
though much weaker than combs
that have been fastened by the bees
to the section on all sides. The last
can stand almost any ordinary
handling; while the first spoken of
will sometimes break as soon as the
comb Is turned from its perpendic.
ular position. We trust the reader
will forgive US II we deviate min.
ute from the question to suggest
that two narrow strips of founda-
tion usually called climbers, fast.
ened at each side of the section,
and reaching from the top to the
bottom, will nearly entirely obvi.
ate the defect of which We speak.
of course full sheet OF foundation
in the section would be still better;
but we know that some bee-keepers
object to using 1t largely In the
boxes. Being informed of the diff
ference Of brittle ness that exist be.
tween combs, We have to grade our
honey in regard to this, for the rea
son that il q comb happens to brea
In Q box 1t will be constantly shah. !.
ing and bruising the Others, and
will flnally cause them to break
down also. When the sections are
all glassed, though they cannot
bruise their neighbors, they daub
them with liquid honey and spoil
the looks of the whole box.
Whenever combs are entirely
sealed, they will stand travelling
better II turned bottom side up,
especially when they are not fast
ened to the bottom Of the section.
But when any cells are uncapped, +,
no matter how few, it has to be
kept right side up, to prevent leak
age. owing to the slight upward
slope of honey comb. When comb
honey Is transported in wagons or
carriages, the comb should be
placed, as much as possible, with
their length across the vehicle, as
the heaviest jarring then is felt
from side to eide. On railroads, con.
trarily, the comb had better be
placed lengthwise of the cars, to
avoid the leakage caused by coup
ling.
URGING THE SALE OF EXTRACTED
HONEY.
Extra cted honey can he sold in
wooden or tin pals of 25 lbs. or
more. II 1t Is meant to be dipped
out by the grocer; or il sold to con-
fectioners, to liquor dealers, or to
druggists; but in most cases it will
be found best to put it up in small
tin pals, holding from one TO ten
pounds, ready for retail. These
pals, made with lid and Il la Q,
can be used after the honey has
been taken out of them, and are
much priced by consumers of honey
for all kinds of purposes. Many
beekeepers use glass jars, and these
are altogether used by some whole.
sale dealers, who put up the eX.
tracted with piece of comb honey
10 the center. But in order to keep
the honey liquid, SO as to show the
little piece Of comb honey, that
swims in the middle, they have To
use glucose. But your honey, aud
our honey, and almos: any bee
keepers honey, if ripe, will granu-
late In cold weather; and if we put
1t up In glass it looks like
butter or lard. Therefore we
drop glass and use tin. Moreover
tin Is not liable to break and will
ride thousands of miles without
trouble. AS q matter of course we
have nice large labels for all our
pals With the word honey in very
largo and very plain letters. Some
mark 1t pure honey, but we have
stopped using the word "pure" on
our labels, after once finding the
word "pure honey" on a tumbler of
glucose at a grocery in st. Louis.
We have found it safer and more to
the point to withdraw the word
pure and place below our address a
guarantee of satisfaction and an
offer to pay 500 to any one finding
any adulteration in the honey. We
must also have one label on every
section Of comb honey. The labels
should only be placed when the
honey is engaged and ready for de-
livery.
The honey thus prepared, we
nust visit our grocers with sam
pies and give them the arguments
that the wholesalers agent uses for
the sale Of comb honey, and the re-
verse OF the adultereratoT's argu-
ment for the sale of extracted hon.
ey. These are the arguments:
l. Honey not being q staple arti-
Gle. can not be sod unless the
grocer keeps it in full sight, In a
place where the word honey will
strike the eye of all customers.
This is very important, and has
been overlooked often by retailers,
who, at the same time that they
hide the honey in corner, would
put brooms and coffee in their
showcase.
2. Comb honey In small frames,
or 10 sections, when rightly put up
and handled with care, will not
leak, and when the box that con-
tA;ns 1t is carefully covered and
glassed on the eide. it Will show the
honey without attracting flies.
8. Extracted honey cannot be
sold unless the grocer has full con.
1dence In its quality and purity,
so that he can recon- mend it fully
to his customers, and guarantee en-
tire aatikfaCtiOn from the usa nf IL