1904 



GLEANINGS IN BKE CULIUKK 



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form is much more artistic and pleasinf^- to 

 the , eye than the c.vliudrical form which 

 comes from the Aikin honey- bag'. A mere 

 sight of a plate of thiscamlled honey would 

 insure a sale. It looks like a small mound 

 of frozen cream. 



P^rom my observations and experiments I 

 have come to the conclusion that the oyster- 



03ster-pails with thin warm hone}', and I 

 have yet to find one that leaked. It is im- 

 possible for them to leak unless they are 

 tipped over. There were objections to the 

 Aikin honey b;ig^ because of the difficulty 

 in handling after being filled with liquid 

 honey; but in this form of package this ob- 

 jection is entirely overcame. To illustrate 



FIG. 4. — OYSTER- PAILS USED BY MK. STAKKEY FOK PUTTING UP EXTRACTED HONEY. 



pail possesses many advantages over the 

 Aikin honey-bag", aside from general ap- 

 pearances. In the first place, they may be 

 obtained at any grocery for about 75 cents 

 a hundred; and since they need no paraf- 

 fining' whatever this first cost is the total 

 cost. They come nested like berry-boxes, 

 as shown in Fig. 4. All that is necessary 

 to do in filling' these packages is to sepa- 

 rate them one by one from the pack, and 

 pour in the honey. There is absolutely no 



the strength of these packages, and to show 

 how easily they may be handled, I might 

 tell about a few experiments which I per- 

 formed. After filling the pint size with 

 one pound of honey, and folding down the 

 top of the package, as shown in Fig. 4, I 

 dropped it five times on a hard floor from a 

 height of five feet. The fifth time a slight 

 crack appeared at one corner. I made no 

 effort to drop it squarely, for in some cases 

 it tipped over entirely; but I picked it up 

 before the honey could leak through the 



FIG. 5. — STARKEY'S CRATE OF OYSTER-PAILS 

 FILLED WITH CANDIED HONEY. 



trouble in performing this operation, as the 

 packages do not have to be formed, but are 

 simply set in a row ready for filling. 

 After being filled they can be carried about 

 by the handle, and moved with perfect safe- 

 ty. I have filled large numbers of these 



FIG. 6. — A PLATE OF CANDIED HONEY AS IT 

 COMES FROM AN OYSTER-PAIL. 



cracks in the cover. Then I threw it fifteen 

 feet into the air, and caught it when it came 

 down, without breaking it, or spilling the 

 honey. I next tried the experiment of car- 

 rying a pound of honey with me when I 

 went home. I had to run half a block to 



