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some of the ornamental work on the 

 back of the pail is yellow. The colors 

 all harmonize exceed in<,^ly well; in fact, 

 it is the most handsome tin package 

 that I ever saw for putting- up honey. 

 The beauty of it is that it will remain 

 handsome, as the colors are burned, or 

 baked, upon the tin the same as the 

 finish is baked upon a bicycle frame. 

 There are three sizes, 3-lb., 5-lb., and 

 10-lb. The cost, if I remember cor- 

 rectly, is 6, 7 and 9 cts., respectively. 

 The reading^ matter upon the pail is 

 excellent. It is not so long- that it 

 won't be read, yet it contrives to say 

 the most important thing^s that ought 

 to be told to the consumer. Here is the 

 reading matter: 



Why Eat Honey ? 



Because it is good food and good 

 medicine. No article of human con- 

 sumption is more delicious than honey, 

 and none is more beneficial to the 

 human system. Honey is food in one 

 of its concentrated forms. 



It is used in medicines, and is the 

 base of many of the cough cures and 

 salves. For candy, honey is far more 

 wholesome than sugar. 



What is Honey? 



It is a vegetable product, not made 

 but gathered from the nectaries of 

 flowers. Each kind of flower yields 

 honey of its own peculiar flavor, which 

 IS generally easily recognized. 



THIS HONEY 



Is Guaranteed Pure. 



Our apiaries are located around St. 

 Thomas, Ont., Canada, and the Santa 

 Cruz mountains, Jamaica, B. W. I. 



Our annual exhibits of honey at the 

 Canadian National Exhibitions since 

 1887, the Pan American Exposition 

 1901, and the St. Louis World's Fair 

 1904, have received the highest awards. 



All pure honey will granulate or 

 candy sooner or later; this is a fine 

 test of its purity. To liquefy, set the 

 can in warm water, no hotter than the 

 hand can bear; many, however, prefer 

 it in the candied form. 



Keep honey in a dry place and it 

 will not sour, mould or ferment, even 

 though left open. 



Mr. Smith says that the bee on the 



pail is becoming almost the equal of a 

 trade mark. He says that people will 

 come along and exclaim: "Oh, here 

 is that honey with a bee on the pail, 

 just like that we bought last year. We 

 must have some more of that as it was 

 the best honey that we ever had." 



United States bee-keepers certainly 

 can learn a most valuable lesson from 

 their Canadian brethern in regard to 

 reaping a harvest of sales at fairs. 

 Not only do the sales help the men who 

 make them, help them immediately, 

 but it spreads broadcast the knowledge 

 of the sweetness, and deliciousness of 

 houey. Everyone who gets a taste of 

 that "honey on a stick," remembers it 

 and wants more. 



WHAT WELL-TRAINED NATURAL ABILITY 

 CAN DO. 



I hope I may be pardoned for what I 

 am about to tell. It has no direct bear- 

 ing upon bee-keeping, except that it 

 shows what a well-trained natural 

 ability will enable one to do. Mr. E. 

 Grainger, who was superintendent of 

 the bee-department, is also a florist. 

 When it was nearly noon, one day, his 

 man came to him and said: "We have 

 got those plants over there, and have 

 done the best we can with them, but 

 they don't show up the way they ought 

 to. The superintendent says every- 

 thing not in readiness by one o'clock 

 will be thrown out, and I wish you 

 would come over and see what you can 

 do." There is just enough of the 

 artist in my make-up to induce me to 

 go along and see Mr. Grainger arrange 

 those 50 varieties of cut flowers. They 

 were sitting in a square upon the floor, 

 tall and short plants mixed together, 

 and oh, how some of the colors were 

 "swearing" at one another. Mr. 

 Grainger glanced over the lot and said: 

 "Those at the back need raising up a 

 little. Bring me some empty flower 

 pots." Plants low in stature and tone 

 of color were placed in front. Then 

 there was a gradual rise is height of 



