. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. FLINT, IICHm AU&nST 10, 18c8. NO. 8. Fairs the Place to Sell and Advertise Honey. H. D. CUTTING. Bko. H. — As you have outlined the points most desirable for discussion, I will take them n^ in the order given: 1, Aa-e apiarian ey hi bits an advantage or a disadvantage to bee-keeping? I claim that tney are a great advantage. In no way can honey be so well disposed of as by bringing it before the people ;.and where can we find so many together, eager for something new, neat and attractive, as at our large agricultu- ral exhibitions? Many who would neve
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. FLINT, IICHm AU&nST 10, 18c8. NO. 8. Fairs the Place to Sell and Advertise Honey. H. D. CUTTING. Bko. H. — As you have outlined the points most desirable for discussion, I will take them n^ in the order given: 1, Aa-e apiarian ey hi bits an advantage or a disadvantage to bee-keeping? I claim that tney are a great advantage. In no way can honey be so well disposed of as by bringing it before the people ;.and where can we find so many together, eager for something new, neat and attractive, as at our large agricultu- ral exhibitions? Many who would never no- tice honey upon a grocer's counter will stop and look at an exhibit of honey displayed at !i fair. They are there to see, and an attract- ive display is an advertisement long remem- bered by visitors. They, in turn, advertise it by repeating a description of it many times over upon their return home. There is nothing like a living advertisement. Take, foi- instance, two merchants in any town, let -jne cover up his goods and wlien a customer Jiiters his place of business present him with X circular or catalogue of what he has for ale, let the other have his goods nicely ar- anged on shelves and counters, and which A'ill sell the most goods? 2, Shall honey "be sold at the shows? I nust again say, yes. I know, from practi 3a! experience, that people who never bought louey at home will buy it at a fair. The ime, place and the attractiveness of the ex- libit have much to do with it. If given a iice article of honey, it creates a demand for Tiore. After our fairs. I receive many letters m parties who bought honey at that time. Ml want "some more of that ; I sold in-ci-different lots to one man last year at lac-ksoii, when I know I would not have sold lim an ounce had it not been on exhibition md sale at the fair. :'), 111 what shai)e honey should be put no l( [lends upon the locality. At some fairs !oinb honey is tlie leading feature, then )Ouud sections
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