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the night, so that no bees can get from 

 one hive to the other, but only the air, 

 and see if they will get the disease 

 simply from the odor that will rise up 

 through the healthy brood. 



Why not have some of our experiment 

 stations make soine such tests, as are 

 mentioned iu this article? 



Now a few more words and this arti- 

 cle is ended. Lastly, Mr. McEvoy says 

 that Mr. Simmins has given his method 

 that cures in many cases, and he (Mc- 

 Evoy) has given his that cures in all 

 cases. Now he wants me to publish my 

 method. What in the name of common- 

 sense does he want with my method, 

 when his cures in all cases ? But per- 

 haps he thinks I have an easier way ! 

 Oh, yes, I have an easier, surer, and 

 safer way — that is. in my hands, as I 

 only have to shake the bees from the 

 combs once — not upon foundation start- 

 ers, either. After that, the bees do their 

 own shaking, which is original with me 

 only, as far as I have ever heard, seen, 

 or know. 



But my method will never be made 

 known by me, otherwise than I have 

 already stated in my former article, as I 

 am yet out $3.00 in cash on getting my 

 treatise printed, which will call for [at 

 least] 12 subscribers to balance ac- 

 counts. But if Mr. McEvoy is very anx- 

 ious to see my treatise, why, he can send 

 along his quarter of a dollar to help pay 

 for printing, and get it. But why should 

 he throw his money away in that way '? 

 as he would only say, " Graden is very 

 much mistaken !" 



Taylor Centre, Mich. 



Home Marteling of Honey. 



Mead at the Kanxa.i State Bee-CoHventio7b 

 BY K. B. LEAHY. 



I will give my experience in building 

 up a home market for honey, both ex- 

 tracted and comb. 



Some eight years ago, I had my first 

 large honey crop — that is, large for me 

 — about 7,000 pounds. As the town in 

 which I lived at that time had only 

 about 2,000 inhabitants, I never 

 dreamed of finding a home market for 

 as much honey as this, especially when 

 I had had from one to two dozen tum- 

 blers and one and two pound packages 

 in as many grocery stores, for the past 

 three months, with only an occasional 

 sale of one of said small packages. By 

 this method you will see I had honey 

 enough to last this town many years. 



As most of my honey at this time was 

 extracted, I wrote to some commission- 

 houses in the large cities, asking them 

 what they would pay per pound for my 

 honey in 60-pound cans, and sent sample 

 with each inquiry. The best offer re- 

 ceived was HJa' cents, as they said they 

 could afford to give this much owing to 

 the fine quality of the honey. 



The thought occured to me then, and 

 I have never changed my mind since, 

 that the people at home, too, would buy 

 honey in large quantities at these prices 

 and if so, why not give them a chance, 

 and save the freight and expense of 

 packages or vessels to ship it in ? I 

 acted on the impulse of the moment, got 

 a large glass pitcher, and started out to 

 sweeten the town. 



1 went from house to house and took 

 orders for honey from sample — no order 

 for less than one gallon, and from that 

 to five, and charged 9 cents per pound 

 per gallon where only single gallons 

 were ordered ; and 8 cents per pound on 

 five gallon orders — each party to furnish 

 his own vessel to put it in. I made my 

 round at 12 o'clock noon, and when I 

 could not not take an order at once, I 

 asked permission to leave a sample, 

 which was usually about K pound. Well 

 do I remember how I had to stay up till 

 12 o'clock that night, filling orders, and 

 the space in my honey-house was insuffi- 

 cient to hold the crowd that was there 

 with their tin buckets, lard cans and 

 pitchers ; and it took a small sack to 

 carry my money to the bank the next 

 day. 



Many of these people had never be- 

 fore had a chance to buy honey at rea- 

 sonable prices, as this extracted honey 

 in one-pound packages when retailed 

 in a grocery store, would have had to be 

 sold at 18 cents. Pretty expensive eat- 

 ing, but I will tell you how it all occurs. 



If this honey is worth 8 cents per 

 pound, it surely is worth 2 cents per 

 pound to put it up in one-pound pack- 

 ages ; a glass tumbler, 4 cents ; a nice 

 label, 3-^ cent ; and 33^ cents commis- 

 sion to the grocer. Since that time, I 

 have had regular customers who take 

 their five gallons ot honey annually, 

 and they have become so used to having 

 it in their houses for winter use, that I 

 often have to send off and get honey to 

 supply this demand. 



I have often said, and meant it, too, 

 that I was too busy to sell honey by the 

 single pound. Again, most people will 

 buy a gallon of honey at 9 cents a 

 pound as quick as they will buy a single 

 pound at 18 cents. This is equally true 



