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sources will granulate much more read- 

 ily than from others, and there may be 

 plants producing nectar which will not 

 granulate at all. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



As a rule, yes. There may be excep-, 

 tions, but I should look with suspicion 

 upon such. Some honeys will granulate 

 far more quickly than others, but gran- 

 ulation is a sure test of purity. — J. E. 

 Pond. 



"No." I have had many cases where 

 honey taken from the same extractor 

 would granulate in a short time, and 

 other bottles that remained as put up 

 for one, and in some cases, three years. 

 — H. D. Cutting. 



Oh, no. Honey from some sections of 

 Texas hardly granulates at all, while 

 honey gathered in northern parts of the 

 State granulates very quickly. I think 

 age enough might cause any pure honey 

 to granulate. I suppose our Canadian 

 friend means in a reasonable length of 

 time. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



Lots of pure honey refuses to granu- 

 late. The thicker and riper, the less 

 likely to do so. Yes, that is so. I have 

 had plenty of experience with tons of 

 extracted honey. Then, again, honey 

 mixed with cane sugar or glucose, ivill 

 granulate. That is so, too, as strange 

 as it may seem. — James Hebdon. 



No, sir. Honey as a rule candies or 

 granulates, and this is good evidence of 

 its purity ; but I have seen pure good 

 honey that would not granulate, or 

 candy. I have a jar of honey ten years 

 old that I took from the hive with my 

 own hands, and it has never granulated. 

 It is to-day, thick, pure of flavor, with 

 no signs of granulation. I have seen 

 plenty of samples of pure honey that 

 will not granulate. — G. W. Demakee. 



While the granulation of extracted 

 honey is good proof of its purity, the 

 lack of it is not positive proof of its im- 

 purity. Some kinds of honey, in par- 

 ticular localities, will not granulate, 

 even if kept for many years. — Editors. 



Some did not quite comprehend the 

 notice of sale as published on page 727. 

 Messrs. Thomas G. Newman & Son have 

 not disposed of the Bee-Keepers' Supply 

 Business or the Home Journal. Both 

 will be continued as heretofore, at the 

 same location as before, 199 East Ran- 

 dolph St., Chicago, Ills. 



Topics of Interest. 



" Tliere Is MMi New UMer tie Sim,' 



REV. L. L. LANGSTROTH. 



I send you an extract from an old and 

 very rare book in my library. I copy it 

 just as it is — spelling, capitals, etc.: 



Samuel Hartlib, 



HIS 



LEGACY 



OF 



Husbandry, 



London,- 1655. 



" Some Physical uses of Milk, and of 

 Curing the Black Jaundice, &c." Page 

 261. 



"I thought to ^ave imparted unto 

 you the Secret how to preserve Milk 

 from souring, but I must refer it to a 

 person of singular Honor, Piety, and 

 Experimental learning who has made 

 some trial of it, but has not fully satis- 

 fied his mind about it. 



As for Doctor Ziegler's Germane 

 Book, written purposely on the subject 

 of Milk, when I visited him at Zurich 

 he shewed it me, not fair written for the 

 Press. It will not be great, unless he 

 resolved to add much of his own experi- 

 ence. For he tells mee, that, being 

 miserably infected with the Black Jaun- 

 dies in Prussia, and hjfving been purged 

 by the Physicians of that Country, with 

 above 30 several sorts of purgations, 

 even the most violent they could think 

 of, he found himself never the better. 

 Whereupon he resolved to take no more 

 of their Counsel, but to try some conclu- 

 sions of his own. And with the sole use 

 of Milk he was perfectly cured. Besides 

 he tells me that he hath several times, 

 nnding himself in some indisposition, 

 prevented the returning of some heredi- 

 tary diseases in himself, by abstaining 

 from all manner of meat and drink, and 

 living upon meer Milk, sometimes for 

 fourteen days together. And I remem- 

 ber heretofore I have heard him say, 

 that Milk is hurtful with other meats, 

 but alone it is of unknown vertue." 



I have requested that the above be 

 given with the quaint spelling and capi- 

 tal letters used by Hartlib. 



Now, if any are disposed to try this 



