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leaking, and mimiog oat <m tlie bottom 



of the car. caiising commission men and 

 boney-merchants no end of trouble : and 

 there is danger that the wood will give the 

 boney a taint nnless waxed on the inside. a= 

 exi'lained : but the trouble is. many r 



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keepeis won't take tbe trouble to dotlii->. 

 and tiie honey tfaeref ore seDs at a 

 loirer (nee. If tlie tin i^ickages are tigirt 

 in the first plaee. titey will remain tight : 

 and no de^«e of dryness wiQ in tbe ieaSL 

 afteet thegn; andvldle tbeyare some^Ktiat 

 more expensive per pound <rf hfmej. yet tbis 

 disadrrantage is oSset by tfae eoovaueiiee 

 in retailing ««- nlKdesaJing any amrmnt Iia^s 

 Hian iQtf Ite. If a booey-soeniiant bays a 

 eazload of extracted honey in square eans 

 he ean pare^el it out in <9Hb- «»• 13»-Ib. or 

 liiTiOt-Ib. kits, just as he likes, witbont break- 

 ing or op^iing a paekage. 



T1«« 15 stin anodierpQint in far<«- of tbe 

 square eass: namely, tfaexe is nerer any 

 kes c^^lioney by its soakisg into tbe pack- 

 age. In the ease of bozreis ffr kegs, 

 tbis loss of boner sometimes runs up 

 U> two and even fire per eest of tbe 

 total j uwwiat of honey, and this is ecMosadcr- 

 abie. When it is borne in Boiitd that wooden 

 paekages amst be bone-dry. and well eoop- 

 a«d.oBe eaa see that a btnge amovnt of 

 hooey ni^i soak into the potes of the 

 wood. TUs. of eomse. can be orercwBoe by 

 par a gaing isRde: bat that inro^res eon- 

 adeiaUe lab<.7. 



Of course, the square cans have to 1^ 

 boxed — usually two in a box — as shown. 

 They are BometLmf« boxed separately, 



A honey -gate is shown in an enlarged 

 view at the right, below the large cut. It is 

 - of a piece of stout charcoal tin. 2t x 3 

 -rs. A bit of heavy leather Ls fastened 

 by four rivets Uj this tin. The leather is 

 2x3 inches, so that we have t inch of tbe 

 tin projecting on two sid€«. Fold this tin 

 which projects, in such a way as to take in 

 the tin slide, as shown in tbe cut. With a 

 tinner's punch, cut a bole throu^ tbe lea- 

 ther and tin. In like manner make a hole 

 through the screw cap. and solder to the tin. 

 as shown in the cut. TIjLs stives us a honey- 

 gate that will fit on any of our square honey- 

 caijs. 50 the grocer need liave l^ut '••ue hon- 

 ey-gate, which he can attach to his .«yfjuare 

 can-! a.s fa.st as he retails from them. These 

 ?ates should not cost over 1-5 ets. eaeb. 



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