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sell any, and 

 then t;i\es every 

 one as much as 

 he wants to eat. 

 After that, some 

 one buys a jar, 

 and all the rest 

 do the same. Li 

 one shop in Ak- 

 ron he recently 

 sold 22 jars, and 

 in a large dry- 

 goods-store near 

 by, 24. On that 

 trip he sold 1300 

 pounds in about 

 three days. It 

 is seldom that a 

 store is entered 

 where no one 

 wants to buy. 

 The bankers and 

 merchants are 

 always good cus- 

 tomers. At one 

 time he disposed 

 of twelve jars in 

 a police station. 

 On the next trip 

 every one is glad 

 to see him, for 

 all want more 



honey. On being asked how much honey he 

 sold in a season he said that it would average 

 about five tons. It is only recently, however, 

 that he has been making a business of selling on 

 a large scale. 



Not every producer can sell honey profitably. 

 One without the natural ability to make sales 

 might go over the same territory, and not sell 

 enough to pay the traveling expenses. Mr. Tyler 

 simply shows what can be done along the line of 

 retailing honey in cities. It can not be doubted 

 that the grocers are slighted; but at the same 

 time, in too many instances, the grocers make 

 but meager efforts to advertise or sell the honey 

 which they have in stock. It is possible to stir 



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up the honey trade by the methods here outlined, 

 and, by referring all further inquiries to the gro- 

 cer, get his co-operation. 



PACKING COMB HONEY. 



TYLER S WAGON FOR RETAILING HONEY. 



A Moisture-proof Honey-carton; How to 



Pack the Sections so that they are 



Free from Dust and Flies. 



BY H. F. MELLEN. 



We believe that the public has a right to the 

 very best honey in the market. Comb honey is 

 a luxury first; but it becomes a necessity when 



an appetite has 

 been cultivated 

 for a first-class 

 article. 



No honey, 

 however fine 

 when taken from 

 the hive, can be 

 called first class 

 after being tum- 

 bled around in 

 an unprotected 

 condition for 

 several months; 

 and the only 

 way to protect 

 it properly is to 

 seal each comb 

 in an individual 

 carton. All hon- 

 ey, but comb 

 honey especially, 

 is greatly injur- 

 ed in both flavor 



