EXTRACTED ITONEY 



lf)l 



EXTRACTED JIOXEY, 



lbs., it is customary to luive them made of 

 (galvanized iron ; and while some objection 

 has been made to this metal because of its 

 alleged poisonous quality, yet in the large- 

 sized cans no injury to the honey has ever 

 been noted ; for it is the custom in Califor- 

 nia, Arizona, Colorado, and other States of 

 tlie West, where great quantities of extract- 

 ed honey are produced, to have the honey 

 stored in large galvanized storage-tanks, 

 some of them practically good-sized cisterns 

 above ground. In those hot climates the 



ever it is used it may be liquelied by the di- 

 rections that go with the package. 



Ordinarily we would not advise the stor- 

 age of honey for any considerable time in 

 barrels : but when no other storage room is 

 admissible, barrels may be used, but they 

 should be watched to see that they do not 

 start to leaking in the honey-room ; and oc- 

 casionally the hoops should be driven down 

 to compensate for tlie slight shrinkage that 

 may take place; for it is a fact that the 

 staves of barrels, even when Idled with 



8 Ft. 



ONE OF ALEXANDER'S STOKAGE AND EVAPORATING TANKS FOR EXTRACTED noNEV. 



honey will remain liquid for some time, and 

 can be kept perfectly clear until cool or cold 

 weather comes on. If the honey has a ten- 

 dency to granulate very soon after extract- 

 ing, it would not be advisable to have it 

 stored for any great length of time in these 

 large tanks. It should be drawn off into the 

 marketing tin pails we have described under 

 CANDIED IIONEY, and allowed to candy 

 hard. It may be kept in this condition for 

 a year or two, without detriment: and when- 



honey, will shrink somewhat in dry hot 

 rooms, with the result that there will be a 

 leakage, and possibly robbing on the part of 

 the bees. If honey be stored in barrels they 

 should be waxed on the inside as described 

 under Barrels. The bungs should be left 

 out, and the barrels be kept in a hot dry 

 room. When ready to ship, the bungs 

 should be driven in, and hoops driven tight. 

 In California, ten to twenty ton galvanized 

 tanks, as shown under the head of Extract- 



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IPOUND 

 PURE 



HONEY 



SKVERAL STYLES OF THE GLASS PACKAGES FOR SELLING AND SHU'PINCt HONEY, 

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