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ferent from that of another; that when 

 one tastes of a honey quite different in 

 color and flavor from that whicii he 

 used to eat on the old farm, he con- 

 cludes that it is adulterated or manu- 

 factured, especially if it be of poor 

 quality. As a matter of fact, the comb 

 honey from California is just as differ- 

 ent from the article produced in the 

 Central and Eastern States as the 

 fruits of that State are different from 

 those in New England. In the same 

 way, the hone3' from Texas differs very 

 widely from that produced in Ohio, or 

 honey from Florida from that in Texas. 

 Some honej's, like that from buck- 

 wheat, are very dark; others are not 

 only dark but ill flavored, and should 

 never be sent to market, but be sold to 

 the baker or fed back to the bees for 

 rearing young- bees. 



Two-thirds of the States in the Union 

 have pure-food laws; and one may rest 

 assured that all the States where such 

 laws are in force, both honey in the 

 comb and in the liquid condition, gen- 

 erally called "extracted," is and must 

 be the genuine product of the hive. 



The oft-repeated misstatements about 

 adulturated honey and manufactured 

 comb honey in the newspapers and 

 magazines has made it necessary for 

 The Honey Producers' League to put 

 out this statement, for the reason that 

 the general public has come to believe 

 that a large part of the honey on the 

 market is adulterated or manufactured. 

 If the dealer will join with the bee- 

 keeper in helping correct these mon- 

 strous 'ic'i, it will materiallj' increase 

 his sales of both comb and liquid 

 honey. 



The Honey-Producers' League. 



George W. York, Manager, 



Chicago, 111. 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, President, 



Marengo, 111. 

 George C. Lewis, Vice-pres., 



Watertown, Wis. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec'y, Flint, Mich. 

 A. L. Boyden, Treas., Medina, Ohio. 



N. B. — Do not store comb honey in a 

 refrigerator, cold storage, or cellar. 

 These are the very worst places you 

 can put it. It should alivays be put in 

 the warmest and driest room you have. 

 It is advisable to keep liquid or ex- 

 tracted honey in the same warm dry 

 place. 



The leading manufacturers are fur- 

 nishing these circulars; without cost, 

 with the shipping cases they send out. 



Bee-Keepers' all over the country, if 

 not already supplied with these circu- 

 lars, ought to send for some and use 

 them. The cost is only 10 cents for 50, 

 and it would seem that any bee-keeper 

 would be willing to pay this much to 

 help dispel these damaging stories 

 about his product. They can be 

 secured from the Manager of the 

 League, Mr. Geo. W. York, 334 Dear- 

 born St., Chicago, 111. 



THE COST OF HONEY. 



How a Large Crop Lessens the Cost of 

 Production. 



One of the old, yet ever new, subjects 

 connected with bee-keeping, is the cost 

 of production. No other more important 

 point can be considered. If we produce 

 above the selling price, we are losing. 

 Neither will it answer to produce at 

 the selling price. We must not only 

 produce below the selling price, but 

 considerably below, if there is to be a 

 living profit. I doubt if there are 

 many bee-keepers who know how much 

 it costs them per pound to produce 

 hone3\ One of the best articles that I 

 ever read on this subject was written 

 by R. L. Taylor, and read some 15 

 years ago at one of the Michigan State 

 conventions. I came across it the other 

 day, and the arguments are so forci- 

 ble, clear, and easy of application, 

 that I feel warranted in reproducing 

 the article entire. Mr. Taylor says: — 



"Another year has come, scattering 

 its blessings where it listed, and is 

 gone, and whether it has favored us as 

 we had hoped and desired or not, we 

 may well look, and in no complaining 

 spirit, to discover if we may by what 

 rule its largesses have been bestowed, 

 and why our expectations have not 

 been met. To the country' at large its 

 bounties have been unexampled, but to 

 those who pursue that vocation which 

 this convention is met to promote, they 

 have been, we will pretty generally 

 agree, in one point at least, rather 

 meagre. But are we altogether right 



