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I Speak from experience, when I say that in these ways the 

 reputation and demand for extracted honey can be increased 

 tea surprising degree, and with astonishing rapidity. 



HOW TO TEMPT THE CONSUMER. 



First. Have it chiefly in small cups or pails. Many per- 

 sons will pay twenty-five cents for an article, when, if it cost 

 fifty cents, they would not think of purchasing. 



Second. Study the kinds of receptacles that will take best 

 with the buyers. Some persons will prefer such vessels as 

 jelly-cups or glass fruit-jars, etc., that will be useful in every 

 household when the honey is gone. As Dr. Mason and Mr. 

 Cutting have shown, jelly-cups, by simply dipping the upper 

 edge in melted wax, then quickly filled and covered, are quite 

 securely sealed. Mr. Root recommends that the honey be 

 covered with a paper dipped in white of eggt which further 

 seals the vessel. Others will prefer more showy vessels, like 

 the Muth one-pound and two-pound jars (Fig. 186), even 



Fig. 187. 



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though they cost more. At present the neat tin pails (Fig. 

 187), holding from one-half pound to twelve pounds, are very 

 popular in the markets. The covers shut inside, and if the 

 honey is granulated they are very excellent. The bails make 

 them more convenient and salable. Mr. Jones has a pail that 

 is easily sealed with wax strings, and is beautifully decorated 

 with chromoed labels. Such pails are cheap, convenient, and 

 leave little to be desired. Their beauty aids the sale. Mr. A. 

 I. Root pronounces them the best receptacle for extracted 

 honey. 



