. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 522 HONEY HANDLING. the bulk of our crop of that year, about 24,000 lbs., was sold in this package, at twenty-three cents per pail, or about nine cents per pound. ' Some of our readers will ask why we do not put up our honey in these pails from the first, instead of putting it up in barrels. We never do so, because we do not know what pro- portion of each size will be required by the trade; because honey in small cans occupies too much room, and is iiot so. Fig. 226. THE FEICTION-TOP HONEY PAIL. easily moved out of the way; and especially because
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 522 HONEY HANDLING. the bulk of our crop of that year, about 24,000 lbs., was sold in this package, at twenty-three cents per pail, or about nine cents per pound. ' Some of our readers will ask why we do not put up our honey in these pails from the first, instead of putting it up in barrels. We never do so, because we do not know what pro- portion of each size will be required by the trade; because honey in small cans occupies too much room, and is iiot so. Fig. 226. THE FEICTION-TOP HONEY PAIL. easily moved out of the way; and especially because we keep honey from the best seasons for the years of poorer crop, and it keeps best in barrels. We have kept honey in pails for two years or more, but the pail often rusts on the outside, and becomes unsalable. The objections above given are very weighty, in extensive production, when tens of thousands of pounds have to be cared for, but the small producer. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , Dadant & sons
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