THE HONEY CROP
The Director of the Horticulture Division of .the' Department of Agriculture has received from the apiary instructors the following report concerning the honor crop prospects:— ■
Aucklaml.-There is little I'urlher lo .report I his month. Tho keen demand for honey has-slackened somewhat. Beeswax is in demand at is. per lb., with bill: little ofl'erinc;. Wellington.—Practically All this season's crop lias been'-extracted or sold pending extraction from the comb'. Prices realised average .Is. per lb. There is no pat lioney coming forward. Comb honey is also scarce. ' Ueeswax is in keen demand nt i<. per Hi. Export lines continue lo come freely inlj Hie grading store.
Dunedin.— There is practically no alteration. -The bulk of the crop has been dealt with, but «. feiv sirmll lines are still'(i>. come forward. -Prices are .firjii. Local market, quuhttioii.s- slnv.v no decline,."Bulk honey, 9h\'. 10. IOd.; sections, 75.".1 i d ,, to 10s.';.pat. houoy, none forward. Beeswax i> in strung demand, and is ((iwiled' at is. nei . Hi.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 226, 12 June 1918, Page 8
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164THE HONEY CROP Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 226, 12 June 1918, Page 8
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