The Worthington advance., 1905-05-12
MARKETING HONEY CROP.
Suggestions Of Managing the Busi-
ness End Of the Apiary So as
to Make It Paw.

This to some, especially the producer
OF only small amount, seems like a
hard question. But it always looked to
me like this, says M. H. Wright in
Rural Bee-Keeper. That If man was
smart enough to produce crop OF any
thing, he ought to be able and smart
enough to find market for said crop.
AS a rule, parties who can't find q
market are to blame themselves. It
takes some hustling, q good deal of
correspondence and time, to market a
crop of honey yourself and at a good
figure. OF course, when you have a
market established, if you do the fair
thing you are pretty certain where
you will sell the next seasons crop
My experience has been wholly with
extracted honey,> as I never produced
any comb, and think I never will.
Usually as soon as commence to ex-.
tract take out samples of honey in
small walls and mail them at once to
reliable firms, of whom l have a list,
and get their best cash price +. O. b.
my station, If possible. The party pay
ing the highest price of course gets the
honey. One will not be able to sell
f. o. b. very often and not at all unless
he is we'll known and has reputation
back of the deal. But If you take pains
in putting up your honey. being partic-
ular about straining and keeping the
package clean as possible, and last,
and most essential, be sure your honey
is thoroughly ripened, and that there
is not doubt as to it's being sweet and
not lust a trifle souri," because one
lot of such honey will hurt your mar
ket ever after. 1t sometimes costs us
quite sum to get acquainted with the
people who are in the market for
honey.
This is very often the case when
to commission men. You
ship them lot of honey and they re-
port $50 many pounds leakage" and
what can you do? Take what you can
get and scratch down a black mark
after their name on your list. Small
in that thought. Of course
there are reliable firms among the
men, and if any of them
should chance to read this hope they
will not construe wrong meaning.
But taken as a general class, take into
the assets of the most of
the commission men and then figure
out your chances of getting top mar
ket price for your consignment. Pret-
ty slim. Better take little less for
your crop and sell it yourself and sell
it where you know you will get your
pay. If there is any doubt as to the
firms being reliable, go to your bank
and look up their standing in Brad
street. If you don't find them rated,
better let them 60.
There are plenty of places to market
your honey at wholesale. Send to the
brewers, bakers, vinegar
works and medicine firms. Be sure
your honey will be like sample and
guarantee it. OF course all these large
consumers buy at wholesale and at a
wholesale price, which to some would
not be satisfactory. In a case of that
kind you will sell in small lots and
packages, and if your locality will per-
nit you can peddle it out. But when
one starts out to peddle honey, espe-
cially where they are not acquainted
and said honey is extracted, they must
have lots of grit and 'stick-to-it-ive-
ness" or else in few days they come
to the conclusion that there is mo
place like home and proceed to emi-
CRATE that way as fast as their weary
limbs will take them. In conclusion,
I will say, put up first-class grade of
honey, be sure it is ripe and clean, ad-
vertise it, guarantee it as represented,
and you will have no great trouble in
getting rid of tons of honey every year
at a paying price for production. with
mt the aid of the commission man.