| Show utah honey adulteration will be stopped by honey floney producer producers ot of the later mountain states met recently at laramie wyo to consider the organization ot of a operative cooperative co honey honer mar latIng association A honey producer organization committee ha has advised with the united state states department De ot of agriculture regarding the organization get set up and opera I 1 ting methods the plin suggested 1 contemplates the organization ot of the i intermountain honey lioney producers a as soc laUon the proposed organization would promote the aale sale ot of intermountain white honey under ts to own on brand brands v and in retail container containers and will involve considerable adier advertising an and IN publicity work dee keeper keepers in the i states concerned produce a high grade ot of clever 1 and alfalfa honey which heretofore baa has not reached the battern market in pure form but on ay iy y when n mixed with darker honey it Is believed there will be an ex cellena market for or intermountain honey in itt pure form s about 00 members v probably i be included in the organization when formed the states to be depre anted utah idaho montana wyoming colorado and parte parts 0 of nevada and aA hIngtOn A rough estimate places the amount ot of honey annually produced in this region at abat ab pt 20 20 pounds worth at present priced from to most ot of the bee keepers who are ead eted to lota join the association are carlot producers whose av output exceeds 30 pound pounds a year honey producers produce ra have not heretofore been particularly active in cooperative marketing A large bon producers produce ra operative cooperative existed in IA california during the war period but beame insolvent in 1921 after making excessively liberal advances for honey delivered to it there are a few small honey associations in various parts of t v country but nothing comparable to the contemplated organization under the proposed marketing plan all honey of the same grade and quality handled by the assoria tion would be pooled regardless ot of the particular region la in which it was produced in order to handle pooled honey a subsidiary ware house corporation would be formed to operate a warehouse ware rouge under the federal warehouse ait alt |
