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Show books which contain the needed information, infor-mation, these have not proved adequate. ade-quate. It is quite possible for the American beekeeping industry to be developed so that the honey crop will be ten times what it is at present. Not only would such a development be valuable in an emergency eueh as the present crisis, but in normal times the beekeeping bee-keeping industry can provide a concentrated, con-centrated, nutritious food, almost universally uni-versally liked, and assuredly an article arti-cle of diet preferable to the inferior sirups and jams so commonly used. NEARBY MARKET IS USUALLY BEST Canning Clubs Should Be Able to Guarantee Packs of Dif-"7 Dif-"7 ferent Products. , 4TT LABELS CN TIN CONTAINERS As Necessary to Establish Reputation for Reliability as to Have Products Prod-ucts Put Up Attractively Cater to Needs of Buyers. Well-stocked pantry shelves found In so many American homes at the end of the canning season have not been enough In the way of food saving sav-ing for many women and girls who last year, especially through their organized or-ganized clubs, put up millions of jars and cans of fruits and vegetables in response to the world's need of food. Although 6ome of this surplus canned food, that the pantry shelves would not hold, was sold on local markets, mar-kets, and some of it was even shipped to nearby points, here and there the home canners found that It was hard to 6ell the surplus. One of the main difficulties, as pointed out by the bureau bu-reau of markets, was that the home-canned home-canned products were not standardized, standard-ized, for many cases were found where well-selected, carefully packed standardized stand-ardized goods brought good prices to the home canner. Best Markets. Local or nearby markets for home-canned home-canned products are usually the best. The attractiveness of the pack and containers affects its selling qualities. Merchants or other buyers do not want a miscellaneous assortment of products, and it is better practice to put different products in boxes by themselves and not to mix containers of peaches and peppers, for example, In the same lot when offering them for 6ale. Containers should be graded as to size and quarts and pints kept separate. Labels are necessary on tin containers and help sell canned goods. 1 Where products are put up by mem-Dera mem-Dera of canning clubs under organized supervision it is possible to guarantee guaran-tee the pack of the different products as to grade and weight of measure. This Is a considerable aid in selling, since the buyer then knows exactly what he is buying. Pooling Products. In case the products are pooled for . marketing, the different kinds of fruit or vegetables can be placed together In graded-slzed containers, when, perhaps, per-haps, the pack of nny one individual might not be large enough to make up a quantity sufficient to attract buyers. It is as necessary to establish estab-lish a reputation for reliability as to have products put up attractively. The marketing of home or club-canned products can be made successful if the canners will study the marketing problem and cater to the needs of buyers. buy-ers. When orders are secured in advance ad-vance for products, home canners should endeavor to fill the orders on time and give the buyer the kind of products agreed upon. Why Beekeepers Fail. Failure to make f. success of beekeeping bee-keeping almost always results from lack of study of the needs of the bees, combined with the failure to do things on time. Beekeeping Is essentially essen-tially an industry which requires fctudlous care, and In consequence the prcificr development of this brunch of agriculture necessitates to an unusual degree the dissemination of Information Informa-tion of a rather detailed nature. While there are published bulletins and |