EXTRACTED HONEY 



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EXTRACTED HONEY 



and tip over. From the lillinf?-taiik the 

 honey is drawn off wliile hot, or about as 

 near KiO as possible, into lioney-tuniblers, 

 Mason jars, Muth jars, or any of the i)a('k- 

 a<!;es alr«»ady described. As soon as liiled 

 they slionld be sealed while hot; aftei- 

 w hicli, as soon as they are sponged oft' in 

 warm water, they may be labeled, when they 

 are ready for market. 



The ai)paratns shown in the next two 

 illustrations can be made at any first-class 

 tin-shop, provided a quantity of half-inch 

 copper or block tin pipe can be secured. If 

 tills is not obtainable locally, the tin-smith 

 can send away and get it. 



The pen drawing next page represents 

 lirst a small tin boiler standing on a gas or 

 gasoline stove; and, second, a melting-tank 

 in which the honey is heated and drawn oft' 

 into the retail packages. I>oiler E can be 

 made from any two or 

 three gallon syrup-can 

 with a screw top. The 

 water-gauge on the side 

 to indicate the level of 

 the water is not abso- 

 lutely essential, and 

 may be omitted. If gas 

 is not obtainable it is 

 better to get a gasoline- 

 burner of large dimen- 

 sions, for the ordinal y 

 single burner would 

 hardly generate steam 

 fast enough for the pur- 

 pose. If the tinsmith 

 can not get an oven gas- 

 oline burner, he can put 

 two conunon gasoline-burners close together. 

 The boiler will then have to be constructed 

 with a larger bottom, but shallow in depth; 

 for too large a quantity of water should not 

 be used at a time. The heating-tank should 

 be mounted on a level, above the boiler, and 

 a connection made with a common hose as 

 at G. 



The tank used by Mr. Ponder is 30 inches 

 deep, 12 inches in diameter, holding 12 gal- 

 lons. While his is made of copper, and is 

 nickel-plated, yet one made of tin would be 

 just as good if kept clean, and cost a good 

 deal less. 



Five or six feet of half-inch copper pipe 

 tinned on the outside is coiled and inserted 

 inside of the heating-tank, as shown; but 

 instead of a portion of it lying in a tlat coil 

 at the bottom, the spirals of the pij»e should 

 rise one above the other like a bed-spring, 

 gradually spreading further apart near the 



POUDER'S HEATING AND KILLING TANK 



top. One end should have an opening at (' 

 and the other with G. Steam is generated 

 in the boiler E, and finds its exit at the tulie 

 C. But when the honey is first poured into 

 the tank to be heated, all the steam will be 

 condensed and run back into the boiler E. 

 After the honey is hot the steam will come 

 out at the tube C. 



Contrary to what might be expected, Mr. 

 Pouder does not find that hot steam does 

 any damage to the flavor of his honey. 

 The apparatus is really very simple, and 

 occupies but a small amount of room. He 

 keeps his outfit right in his retail store on 

 the counter where his customers can see it 

 and its method of working, and this helps to 

 advertise his goods. 



After the honey has been run out, the 

 heating-tank should be left just as it is, 

 without washing out unless the outfit is to 

 stand for some months before being used 



