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or beak can be moved to any one of the bot- 

 tles where they stand, and lill them oue by 

 one in the shortest space of time. 



WASHING AND CLEANING r.OTTI.ES. 



Prepare several tubs of water— one of 

 ttiem with strong suds — and then have 

 on hand a few ounces of shot — No. (> is 

 about right. If particles of glass or dirt 

 cling to the inside of the bottles, pour in 

 four or live ounces of sliot and give the 

 Itoltle a shaking. This will dislodge all 

 -l>articles, when tlie shot may be poured into 

 another bottle, to be similarly treated. In 

 rinsing, use clear soft water. Hard water 

 is liable to leave traces of sediment. Any 

 glass i)ackage used for honey designed for 

 table purposes should be spotlessly clean. 



now TO INSERT CORKS IN BOTTLES. 



Two or three methods are employed. One 

 is, to use a rubber mallet, which can be pur- 

 el lased at any of tlie rubber-stores. The 

 ends of the mallet being soft, a cork that is 

 barely entered can be driven into the bottle 

 with a blow. 



Another plan is to use a lever, as shown at 

 D, in cut. This lever should have a pro- 

 jection on the under side so the cork can be 

 t\)rce(l down into the bottle about a sixteenth 

 of an inch. It is important, after corking, 



to pour a la^er of paialline or wax over the 

 top of tlie cork. Some go so far as to dip 

 the corks into hot paraffine, then pour a hot 

 layer on top after they are inserted in the 

 bottles. Nay, some go even further. After 

 the corks have been paratlined they put on a 



neat tinJ'oil top. If the honey has been 

 heated above 100, and sealed while hot, and 

 the cork is made impervious, it will remain 

 liquid for months; as we have seen samples 

 of honey put up in Muth jars that have 

 been k(^pt in a refrigerator six months, and 

 yet it would remain perfectly clear all the 

 time. But do not advise your grocer cus- 

 tomers to put honey in a cold place. The 

 bottles should not be handled more than is 

 necessary, but be kept in a warm place at ms 

 uniform a temperature as possible. 



Assuming that no directions are necessary 

 for sealing i)ackages using rubber rings, we 

 would only say this : That you must be sure 

 you make the sealing as tight as possible. 

 In the case of Mason jars, screw the tops 

 down with a wrench, and screiv them down 

 tight. 



In sealing jelly-tumblers, cut squares of 

 paper (preferably paraffined paper) about the 

 size of the top of the tumbler. When the 

 jar is tilled, put the paper on toj) of the jar, 

 and squeeze the top down with the palm of 

 the hand, putting a large part of the weight 

 of the body on it. If the top goes down too 

 easily, use thicker paper or two thicknesses. 



A BLEND OF SEVER \L KINDS OK HONEY FOR 

 BOTTLING PURPOSES. 



The seasons for honey production are so 

 uncertain at times that one finds himself 

 unal)le to supply his trade with the honey he 

 produces from his own yard. If, for exam- 

 ple, his honey is almost exclusively from 

 clover, with little or no basswood or fall flow, 

 the trade will Ijecome educated to like that 

 particular flavor, and will reject all other 

 hone} s of other flavors on the ground that 

 they are impure. To provide against a con- 

 tingency of this kind it is advisable to use 

 from the start for bottling purposes a honey 

 that can always be furnished year after year. 

 We make a, blend of white clover, basswood, 

 and alfalfa. These are flne table honeys; 

 and if the trade is supplied with this blend 

 from the very start it will become accus- 

 tomed to it. Such a blend can be made u\) 

 of honeys that one can purchase when local 

 honey fails; whereas if one puts up only 

 white clover at the beginning, he will find it 

 difficult to purchase a strictly pure clover 

 except at highest prices. Where one lives 

 in a clover locality he will do well to make 

 up a blend of ;")() per cent of clover, 25 per 

 cent of basswood, and 25 per cent of alfalfa. 

 We will assume, for example, that he has a 

 season of failure, and yet the bottling trade 

 keeps up just the same. He can usually buy 

 a mixture of clover and basswood. His 



