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FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



cloves. 1 teaspoon allspice, 2 ounces finely chopped 

 candied orange peel, ^A pound walnut meats finely 

 chopped. 



Sift together the flour, spices and soda, and 

 add the other ingrcdicMils. Knead thoroughly, roll 

 out thin and cut with a biscuit cutter. These 

 cookies are very hard. 



Honey Cookies. 



% cup honey, % cup sugar, Va cup milk, 3 

 tablespoons lard, 2 egg-yolks, 4 cups flour, V2 

 teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, V2 

 cup finely chopped almonds, V2 teaspoon soda or 

 2 teaspoons baking powder. 



Bring the first four ingredients to the boiling 

 point and allow the mixture to cool. Sift to- 

 gether the flour, cinnamon and soda or baking 

 powder. Combine all the ingredients. Boll the 

 mixture out thin on a floured board. Cut out 

 and bake in a moderate oven on tins which have 

 been greased and floured. To prepare the tins 

 properly, brush them over with melted butter 

 and sifted flour, turn them over and shake ofif as 

 much as possible of the flour. 



Honey Ice Cream. 



One quart thin cream. % cup delicately flavored 

 honey. Mix ingredients and freeze. 

 Honey Ice Cream. 



One pint milk, yolks 6 eggs, 1 cup honey, 1 

 pint cream. 



Honey Fudge. 



Two cups sugar, V^ cup honey, V2 cup water, 

 2 egg-whites, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. 



Boil together the sugar, honey and water until 

 the syrup spins a thread when dropped from a 

 spoon (about 250 degrees F.). Pour the syrup 

 over the well-beaten whites of the eggs, beating 

 continuously and until the mixture crystallizes, 

 adding the flavoring after the mixture has cooled 

 a little. Drop in small pieces on buttered or 

 paraffin paper. 



The vanilla may be omitted. 



Mrs. Doris W. McCray. 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



BEEKEEPING IN ONTARIO 



Work of the Ontario Agricultural College and the 

 Ontario Beekeepers' Association 



"Distant pastures look green" is an old 

 and true proverb. Sometimes, on arrival, 

 however, we find those pastures prove to be 

 a mirage and unreal, and the pastures left 



Six tons of honey from riO colonies increased to 50 this year. Apiary of F. K. Krouse and sons, located 



20 miles from Guelph, Ontario. 



Heat the milk in a double boiler. Beat to- 

 gether the honey and eggs, add the hot milk, 

 return the mixture to the double boiler and cook 

 it until it thickens. Add the cream and, when 

 the mixture is cool, freeze it. 



Honey Icing. 



One cup granulated sugar, V4 cup water, V* 

 cup honey, 1 egg-white. 



Boil together the sugar and the water for a 

 few moments and then add the honey, taking pre- 

 cautions to prevent the mixture from boiling over, 

 as it is likely to do. Cook until drops of the 

 syrup keep their form when poured into cold 

 water, or to about 250 degrees F. Beat the 

 white of the egg until stiff, and when the .syrup 

 has cooled slightly pour over the egg. beating the 

 mixture continuously until it will hold its shape. 

 This frosting is suitable for use between layers 

 of cake, but is rather too soft for the top. It 

 remains in good condition and soft enough to be 

 spread for many weeks and, therefore, can be 

 made in large quantities for use as needed. After 

 eight months, such icing made in this laboratory 

 was found to be in good condition and soft enougli 

 to cut. 



behind are in reality more profitable and 

 greener than the new surroundings. Many 

 beekeepers in various parts of the states 

 liave, from time to time, heard of one state 

 or another as possessing some wonderfully 

 good locations, from the beekeepers' stand- 

 point. While this article is not written witli 

 the idea of alluring beekeepers to Ontario, 

 a brief summing up of our beekeeping re- 

 sources will be interesting to those in other 

 parts. 



Geographically speaking, Old Ontario is in 

 about the same latitude as lower Michigan, 

 New York, and central and southern Wiscon- 

 sin; while New Ontario stretches to the 

 north of Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and 

 the upper peninsula of Michigan. 



Before touching the practical side of the 

 subject, the following is a brief history of 



