Show Color Grader Been Devised for Honey Honeys Sample Readily Assigned to Given Grade Prepared by the United States StAte Department of Agriculture in the marketing of honey the flavor and color must be described to the purchaser in terms which shall conform conform con con- form to the standards set up by the bureau of agricultural economics with regard to honey grades The fia flavor vor Is commonly Indicated by naming the plant source as White Orange honey or Light Amber Clover honey There has been considerable difficulty however however however how how- ever in establishing standard grades corresponding to the trade color names for honey but work on this problem by the bee culture laboratory of ot the United States Department of ot AgrIculture Agriculture ture has led to the perfection of a 0 grader by means menns of ot which different persons readily assign a given sample to the same grade This grader overcomes overcomes overcomes over over- comes many of ot the objections to other types of or graders heretofore used and while more expensive la is considered better The five standard grades of at color are aro areas aroas as follows Water white white light amber amber and dark These are the terms at present commonly used In fn the sale of honey boney In response to the demand from western beekeepers for further subdivisions of ot the lighter grades two additional grades are established es es- as subdivisions of the white and light amber grades these to be designated as extra white and extra light amber Further Information about about the color grader will be furnished by the United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture ture to anyone Interested |