. Gleanings in bee culture . several ways of making a jarhold less than it appears to hold, or, in oth-er words, of making it appear to hold morethan it does. Perhaps the trick originatedby brewers in having beer-bottles made withthe bottom blown an inch or more up intothe body of the bottle in a bulb of verythick glass. This alone takes out aboutone-third of the real capacity of the scheme that works well so far asfooling the customer is concerned is to usevery thick glass. The long-necked jarshould also be mentioned, the neck beingcovered with a paper label; and if the neckis
. Gleanings in bee culture . several ways of making a jarhold less than it appears to hold, or, in oth-er words, of making it appear to hold morethan it does. Perhaps the trick originatedby brewers in having beer-bottles made withthe bottom blown an inch or more up intothe body of the bottle in a bulb of verythick glass. This alone takes out aboutone-third of the real capacity of the scheme that works well so far asfooling the customer is concerned is to usevery thick glass. The long-necked jarshould also be mentioned, the neck beingcovered with a paper label; and if the neckis almost as large as the body of the jar thedelusion is all the greater. Moreover, thisgives space for the label without coveringup any of the goods in the main part of thecontainer. A pint jar having a small base, whichgets larger toward the top and then drawsin abruptly at the neck will have the ap-pearance of holding as much as a quart jarif the latter is short and stubby. This largeappearance of a bulb-shaiied jar is well. HOW DIFFERENT-SHAPED JARS ARE DECEIVING AS TO THEAMOUNT THEY HOLD. No. 1 holds one quart of honey; No. 2, one pint; No. 3, seven to eightounces; No. 4. one pound; No. 5, seven to eight ounces: No. 6, quartmeasure. 18 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE Jan. 1 known to food manufacturers, and it is real-ly an attractive jar that sells well. In thesame way the 4X5 section of honey lookslarger than a 4^ square section, and there-fore the tall section, like the tall jar, is thebetter seller than the smaller - appearingsquare one. I myself have been fooled intothinking that a pint jar held a quart be-cause the pint jar was thin and tall, andhad a neck that took the tall cap. Whenwe consider the thick glass, the bulb-shaped,tall, large-necked jars with large capaciouscaps to hold air, it is really wonderful howsmall a quantity we can be satisfied withfor 25 cents. To overcome these matters some States(Nebraska, for instance) have passed lawsrequiring the actual net weight p
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