Show honey hi included chided in USDA purchase prow Prof program frai tin lin USDA announced today that pounds of dom domestic esti estl cally produced produced honey boney of 1948 production were brought under unde r purchase program announced by department april 1 1949 all ali honey purchased will be used in school lunch and institution al feeding programs more than 18 million pounds were offered prices paid to beekeepers bee keepers and packers varied appreciably depending upon whether honey was white extra light amber or buckwheat in color but averaged V 2 66 cents per pound for processed and packed honey in 5 pound cans FOB ship shipping point average price per pound hv oy by varieties varieties ans was wash white vynne i cents extra light amber 14 ight amber and buck wheat cents under pro gram vendors other than bee keepers were required to fy that they had paid ers not less than 85 cents per p pound net fo fon for r bu buckwheat ck wheat 90 cents per pound net for light amber cents per pound net for extra light amber and cents per pound jound net not for white lioney honey A area rea 0 of f puite putre purchase h a e w was n i I 1 largely r ge 1 y in s states tate s west of f ails Alis mississippi sissi ap pp river with some purchased in eastern and southern states largest purchases were mad in california idaho ohio and washington |