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appearance) can be obtained for about half the price of butter. Butter 

 is at its best only when "fresh," while honey, properly kept, remains in- 

 definitely good — no need to hurry it out of the way for fear it may become 

 rancid. 



GIVE CHILDREN HOXEY 



Prof. Cook says: "We all know how children long for candy. This- 

 longing voices a need, and is another evidence of the necessity of sugar in 

 our diet. . . . Children should be given all the honey at each meal- 

 time that they will eat. It is safer, will largely do away with the inordi- 

 nate longing for candy and other sweets; and in lessening the desire wilt 

 doubtless diminish the amount of cane-sugar eaten. Then if cane-sugar 

 does work mischief with health, the harm may be prevented." 



Ask the average child whether he will have honey alone on his bread 

 or butter alone, and almost invariably he will promptly 'answer, "Honey. "~ 

 Yet seldom are the needs or the tastes of the child properly consulted. 

 The old man craves fat meat; the child loathes it. He wants sweet, not 

 fat. He delights to eat honey; it is a wholesome food for him, and is- 

 not expensive. Why should he not have it? 



HONEY BEST TO SWEETEX HOT DRINKS 



Sugar is much used in hot drinks, as in coffee and tea. The substi- 

 tution of a mild-flavored honey in such uses may be a very profitable 

 thing for the health. Indeed, it would be better for the health if the only 

 hot drink were what is called in Germany "honey-tea" — a cup of hot 

 water with one or two tablespoonfuls of extracted honey. The attain- 

 ment of great age has in some cases been attributed largely to the life- 

 long use of honey-tea. 



Comb .\nd Extr.\cted Honey 



At the present day honey is placed on the market in two forms — in^ 

 the comb, and extracted. "Strained" honey, obtained by mashing or 

 melting combs containing bees, pollen and honey, has rightly gone out of 

 use. Extracted honey is simply honey thrown out of the comb in a ma- 

 chine called a honey-extractor. The combs are revolved rapidly in a. 

 cylinder, and centrifugal force throws out the honey. The comb remains-", 

 uninjured, and is returned to the hive to be refilled again and again. 

 For this reason extracted honey is usually sold at a less price than comb* 

 honey, because each pound of comb is made at the expense of several 

 pounds of honey. 



DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLAVORS 



Many people think "honey is honey" — all just alike; but this is a 

 great mistake. Honey may be of good, heavy body — what bee-kepers calH 

 "well-ripened" — weighing generally twelve pounds to the gallon, or it may 

 be quite thin. It may also be granulated, or candied, more solid than lard. 

 It may be almost as colorless as water, and it may be as black as the- 



