. Gleanings in bee culture. vy producingdistrict, and in all cases have storage rooms asnear as may be to the producing field. Theobject is twofold at least — to save freights byenabling producers to deliver in person bywagon where it can be so done, and that theremay be accumulated enough at one point tomake it possible to ship in car lots. All honey to be transported to distant mar-kets should go in carloads, both for economyin freights and safe shipping. It is possiblefor wheat-speculators to gamble, buying and 1901 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 83 selling when they do not have a bushel ofwheat
. Gleanings in bee culture. vy producingdistrict, and in all cases have storage rooms asnear as may be to the producing field. Theobject is twofold at least — to save freights byenabling producers to deliver in person bywagon where it can be so done, and that theremay be accumulated enough at one point tomake it possible to ship in car lots. All honey to be transported to distant mar-kets should go in carloads, both for economyin freights and safe shipping. It is possiblefor wheat-speculators to gamble, buying and 1901 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 83 selling when they do not have a bushel ofwheat in their bins ; but it is no way for aman to sell honey when he has not the goodswhere he can lay his hands on them and de-liver at once. Many producers think we canagree to co operate, then when a car of honeyis contracted let each individual deliver hisgoods at the shipping point, and so load a car,and no need of a wareroom. I want to pointout to each and every reader why this plan cannot be made & general When you and I, brethren, make purchaseswe do not like to buy out of sight and un-seen. Peoples idea of what the goods oughtto be, differ ; and there is always a suspicionthat, when delivery is made, ihere may besomething wrong, the buyer not getting whathe paid or bargained for. A minimum carloadof honey is 30 000 pounds; and if ten ortwenty producers are to deliver that muchhoney at a given place on a certain day of theweek, almost invariably someone or more may be sickness, bad roads, bad weather,carelessness, or something ; or it may be someone has had a better offer on the honey fromsome other source, and the high bidder getsit. All these and many more reasons I couldset forth make such a scheme very untrust-worthy and unsatisfactory. Such plans usual-ly cause the early demise of the co-operativeconcern, and the disgust and dissatisfaction ofthe co-operaiors There must be storage centers, and theremust be provision to supply cash to the pro-ducers
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