HONEY COLUMN.
Friend Root:—Please name a few parties of whom I can buy Basswood honey and oblige.
Chas. F. Muth, Cincinnati, O. Feb. 3rd, 1875.
I have now on hand about 60 gallons of that choice thick Clover honey, same as you bought of me, there is very little sale for it here. Price 18c., delivered here.
Wm. Payne, Spencer, Medina Co., O. Feb. 1.
Have sold our Catnip honey to W. G. Smith. St. Louis, 15 cts. delivered, he paid promptly. The barrel came to $64.55 net; that isn’t bad is it? Shall set out half an acre of plants next spring, and sow some seed too.
J. L. Wolfenden, Adams, Wis.
I sent my honey to Barber & Stout, Cincinnati, O., got 15 cts. cash on delivery and was paid to a cent. I also sent J. Lippincott, of Pittsburg, Pa., one barrel. Now Novice, please accept my most profound thanks for your assistance in disposing of my honey, by your recommendations to the two above named honey men. There is nothing like keeping bees to restore a burned farm, and dollars are by far the best chromos.
J. Duffeler, Wequiock, Wis. Dec. 16th, ’74.
Humbugs and Swindles
Pertaining to Bee Culture.
[We respectfully solicit the aid of our friends in conducting this department, and would consider it a favor to have them send us all circulars that have a deceptive appearance. The greatest care will be at all times maintained to prevent injustice being done any one.]
We cut the following from E. C. Hazard & Co’s circular, 192 Chambers St., N. Y.
HONEY.
These packages are made of flint glass, tight, very attractive, convenient size, and salable, possessing a marked advantage over all other Honey in the market, because of its non-congealing tendencies. The Extracted Honey in bottles and tin, culled from Alsike Clover, and Orange blossoms and thrown from the comb by centrifugal force, is entirely free from all foreign substances and will be found to possess the delicate BOUQUET and medicinal qualities so seldom found in the ordinary commercial article.
| E. C. H. & CO’S Pure Extracted Honey: | |
| In Quarts, Fancy Decanters, per doz. | $4.50 |
We might think this a mistake but the Grocery and Provision Review of Jan. 18th, quotes precisely same prices. As a quart of good honey weighs 3 lbs., these good people are selling it at 12½c. per lbs. and charging nothing for those Fancy Decanters, packages, cost of putting up etc., etc., and yet producers get from 15 to 16.