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Whether it conk! be used profitably on a large scale, I 

 cannot say. There are. however, always people who are 

 ready to pay a high price for an extra article. xAfter a 

 crock of clover honey has granulated, I turn it on its 

 side or upside down. ?nd let it remain days eriOLigh to 

 drain off all the liquid part. If drained long enough, 

 the residue — and this will be nearly all the crockful — wall 

 be as drv as sugar, and when this is liquefied by slow 

 heating it makes a deliciors article. It wnll, however, 

 granulate very easily a second time. On a larger scale, 

 the liquid might be drained off by boring a hole at the 

 lower part of a barrel of granulated honey. I spoke of 

 treating clover honey in this way ; I do not know^ what 

 other kinds may be treated the same way, but I ha\''e had 

 some graulated honey of smooth, even texture, from 

 v.hich no liquid part could be drained. \Adien set to 

 drain, the whole mass would roll slowly out. 



MARKETING HOXEY. 



I have had no uniform w^ay of marketing honey. I 

 should prefer in all cases to sell the crop outright for 

 cash, if I could get a satisfactory price ; but some years 

 I can do better to sell on commission. Judgment must 

 be used as to limiting commission-men to a certain price. 

 Some commission-men wnll sell off promptly at any price 

 offered, and when sending to such men it is best to name 

 a certain figure, below w^hich the honey must not be sold. 

 I liave sold in itiY home market, as well as in towms near 

 by, and have shipped to nine of the principal cities, and it 

 w^ould be an impossibility for me to say what would be 

 my best market next year. Prices vary according to the 

 yield in different parts of the country. If shipping to 

 a distant point in cold w^eather, I keep up a hot fire to 

 w^arm the honey twenty-four hours before shipping. If 

 verv cold I w^ait for a warm spell. 



LOADING SECTIONS \VHEN SHIPPING. 



On a wagon, the length of a section should run 

 across the wagon — on a car lengthwise of the car. Con- 



