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riKiraiteristio vii>« of ,1 Dutch dining-room. Notice tlint lumey in ilireo different forms i = 

 tlic talile. Sent by Hans Matthes, Breukelen, Nederland. 



shown on 



wonW have to increase their output, if not 

 17 times, at least 10 times. 



It would bo worth something' to increase 

 (lie demand for honey; but it would be 

 worth a great deal more in the way of the 

 health of the nation if that II/2 ounces of 

 honey could i-eplace a like amount of the 

 something- like 4 ounces of sugar consumed 

 daily. 



I'm not limited to an ounce and a half 

 for ray daily ration. I may use tAvice as 

 much in the rest of the day, or I may use 

 very little. But I know nothing very def- 

 inite about the rest of the day. while 1 do 

 know that IY2 ounces has been my regular 

 morning allowance for vears. 



I'm not posing as a heavy consumer of 

 honey. I'm not a heavy consumer of any 

 kind of food. At 84, with very little mus- 

 culai- activity, it doesn't take much fuel to 

 stoke the furnace. If I should eat as much 

 as the average, 1 sliouldn't expect to live 

 many days. If 1 were in young or middle 

 life, with average muscular activity, I hard- 

 ly think a quarter of a pound of honey 

 daily would be enough. The point I am 

 trying to make is that, if we could by some 

 means get every one to use just a little lioii- 

 ey daily, it would make a big difference' in 

 tlie honey-maiket, and a more imiiorlant 

 difference in the health of the people. 



]\Iarengo, 111. 



A GOOD PROOF OF THE FOOD VALUE OF HONEY 



BV T^.VLEIGH THOMSON 



I want to give Mr. Chadwick something 

 to dream about. Ho says that honey is a 

 hixui-y, always has been, and always will 

 be. Xow 1 think he is badly mistaken. Jf 

 lioney is a luxury so are butter, eggs, cheese, 

 and many other things that are called a 

 r.ecessity, while honey sells for less than 

 either. Honey is about one price the year 

 round. We .sell our honey at 15 cts. for 

 comb and extracted, and we get from 15 

 to -!0 cents for our egg.s, and from 20 cts. 

 to o5 els. for our butter fat, and cheese 

 runs from 20 cts. to 30 cts. When a child 



asks for something to eat I ask him if he 

 wants bread and butter or biead and honey. 

 Nine out of ten will say honey, and it will 

 not hurt them, either. We have i-aised six 

 children, and they have all eaten honey. 

 We aveiage one pound per day, and have 

 used it this way for 20 years. The boy 

 weighs 180 lbs., and the five girls will reach 

 (lie HO mai'k each, and we aie of a family 

 of small ))eo]>le a( thai. 



Twelve and one-half cents for comb and 

 5 cts. for extracted honey is not enough. 



Underwood, Ind. 



