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An air of quietness Ijelongs to the Cotswold Hills. 



bare irreen clowns in the distance, wliei-e 

 the brown cattle chewed noisily around me, 

 and the weeds wavered darklj^ and indis- 

 tinctly in the bed of the stream by the old 

 mill. ' 



There was a little wood through which 

 the water flowed, and one could esconce 

 himself beliind bushes, while the trout leap- 

 ed out at river-flies, and the reflected leaver 

 shimmered in the pools. 



At last the long day would wear to a 

 close, and the water ripple on, golden in 

 the sunset, with wonderful reflections and 

 dark-green shadows. Then one would wan- 

 der back to the high i-oad through a peace- 

 ful stillness in which the buzzing of insects 

 and the movements of the cattle seemed 

 almost painfully loud, and while the last 

 beams of sunset caressed the dark pool be- 

 neath the glinxmering weir. 



Cheltenham, England. 



EDUCATING TME PUBLIC TO THE USES OF HONEY 



BY HENRY REDDERT 



The average person knows too little about 

 honey. Some time ago I had a conversation 

 with a honey-dealer who disposes of about 

 a million pounds a year. Among other 

 things he said, " It is true that not enough 

 honey is used by the public, considering the 

 production." The greatest amount of hon- 

 ey consumed in this country is handled by 

 dealere and brokers. They set the price 

 according to their sales. How shall we edu- 

 cate the public? 



We see large posters on fence and bill- 

 boards lining the city streets and country 

 roads, advertising syrups of all kinds, news- 

 jiapers and magazines advertising the mer- 

 its of sweets for the use of the hou.sehold. 

 but seldom if at all does one see a sign of 



any kind lauding the uses of good pure 

 honey. If it does, it is always in connection 

 with some concoction. No wonder people 

 know of honey onlj' as a cold-cure or the 

 like. This cold-cure business is not big 

 enough to consume the large bulk of honey 

 produced every year, neither does it con- 

 vince the public that honey is a food. 



If honey could be placed on the table of 

 evei-y family, and used as other sweets, as 

 it should be, no beekeepers would have occa- 

 sion for complaint as to the disposal of 

 their crops at a fair price. In small towns 

 with only a few scattering beekeepers, and 

 tlio inhabitants of average intelligence, the 

 honey pro<luced can easily be disi:)osed of; 



