. Gleanings in bee culture . this way, for it has never appealed to me,although I have had abundant opportunityto try it, for I have been calling on thebutcher and grocer trade for years. Duringthis time I have picked up a lot of sixty-pound-package customers at a price of 10 lb. In brief, I prefer larger packages oftin—10, 20, 60 lb. packages—and none small-er than 5 lbs. In this way customers canhave the second mouthful when they people will pay 25 cts. per lb. for honeyin a glass bottle that is of no value to themafter it is empty, why is it not a good argu-ment to get them t
. Gleanings in bee culture . this way, for it has never appealed to me,although I have had abundant opportunityto try it, for I have been calling on thebutcher and grocer trade for years. Duringthis time I have picked up a lot of sixty-pound-package customers at a price of 10 lb. In brief, I prefer larger packages oftin—10, 20, 60 lb. packages—and none small-er than 5 lbs. In this way customers canhave the second mouthful when they people will pay 25 cts. per lb. for honeyin a glass bottle that is of no value to themafter it is empty, why is it not a good argu-ment to get them to buy a larger package ata cost of 15 cts. per lb., more or less? I amnot arguing against the bottle goods forfancy trade; but, as a rule, I believe morehoney will be sold if a greater effort is madetoward the larger packages. As a rule, the cheap syru])s are in tinpackages—one, two, and four quart size. Sofar as 1 have observed, maple syrup is gen-erally offered in two and four quart cans. 566 Gleanings in Bee Culture. Work of the Mediterranean Hour-niotli. 1 have mentioned before how I have ad-vertised in the local paper here this results were very satisfactory. I sold 50lbs. to a man in North Dakota. He usedto live here, and still took the paper. I alsosold 40 lbs. to a man in Massachusetts inthe same way. All of this was put up inone-gallon cans. From my one years ex-perience I think very highly of the local-pa-per advertising. The expense for severalmonths was not much over $—a merebagatelle comi)ared with the results; and Irecommend this way of advertising to anyone who wants to work uj) his home trade,for such business is all cash antl no waiting,and producers can thus reach the customersdirect. It would not mean a very great ex-pense to take quite a number of village andcity papers within, say, fifty or one hundredmiles, and I am satisfied that advertisingin them would mean a big surprise. The honey-dealer is all right. He willpay more if the price
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