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goods we purchase. Here we find the 

 exchange mania coming in again; for 

 the store-keeper will often give a good 

 bargain by way of trading something 

 we want, for our honey, while we could 

 get him to take but very little, if any, if 

 we demanded cash for it. I cannot see 

 the least impropriety in trading honey, 

 for boots, shoes, calico, hats, caps, or 

 anything we must buy : for in this way 

 we find an outlet for our product, and 

 purchase what we must have. By care- 

 fully looking after this store trade, and 

 being affable and pleasant, much honey 

 can be disposed of. 



Third, we have the shipping of honey 

 to different villages and cities, to be sold 

 on commission or for cash. As nearly 

 all are familiar with the way this is 

 usually done, I shall not dwell on these, 

 but tell of a plan I have been quite suc- 

 cessful with as far as tried. Not pro- 

 ducing much extracted honey of late, 

 owing to being in the queen business, I 

 have not tested it as thoroughly as I 

 would like to have done, but, as I said 

 before, it has been a success so far as I 

 have used it. It is as follows : 



During my leisure days I get out boxes 

 of white basswood or whitewood lumber, 

 to hold a given number of pounds, the 

 sizes usually being 5, 10, 25 and 50 

 pounds, basing the size of the box on 

 the fact that 20 cubic inches will hold 

 one pound of honey, and give a little 

 margin to spare, so that a box contain- 

 ing 200 cubic inches will hold 10 

 pounds of well ripened honey, and leave 

 about }4 inch at the top unfilled. 



The material for the boxes, after be- 

 ing gotten out, is piled up in the loft of 

 the shop, and left till the next Septem- 

 ber before making up, when it is thor- 

 oughly kiln-dried through the excessive 

 beat which pervades this place during 

 the summer months. As soon as the 

 honey begins to candy in the storage 

 cans, this lumber is gotten down, and 

 the desired number of boxes made. 

 When made, the inside of the joints is 

 coated with paraffine or beeswax, and 

 the desired number of pounds of the 

 partially granulated honey run in. Over 

 the top a sheet of manilla paper is now 

 laid, and the cover laid on top of this, 

 when the whole is set away till candied 

 or granulated solid, when it is ready for 

 shipping. 



Along from November to February, 

 according to prices and my wants, 1 

 take a block of wood of suitable size and 

 bore a hole in it, into which I put a 

 chunk of about two ounces of this now 

 solid honey, and a slip of paper contain- 

 ing printed directions how to liquefy the 



honey, when a little piece of section is 

 nailed over the open end. The block of 

 honey is then nicely wrapped up, and a 

 tag tied on. 



I then take down my gazetteer, which 

 gives the population of every town and 

 city in the United Slates, and pick out 

 the place, or places, where I think such 

 honey as I have will sell the best, ac- 

 cording to population, location and man- 

 ufacturing interests, when I mail the 

 postmaster of the place I have selected, 

 one of the little blocks, and write to 

 him, sending terms, etc., asking him to 

 interest himself in the matter by show- 

 ing this sample to those he thinks would 

 wish honey, as they come after their 

 mail, giving him a certain commission 

 on whatever he can sell. 



As orders come in, take the boxes of 

 honey, and after inspecting to see that 

 all is right, drop on top of the honey the 

 slip telling how to liquefy it, etc.; then 

 put on the manilla paper as before, and 

 nail on the cover, trimming off the paper 

 left on the outside, with a sharp knife. 

 The paper is put on to make this upper 

 joint dust and dirt tight. All that is 

 necessary to be done now is to direct 

 and ship. 



Without going into farther details, I 

 think all can understand that here is a 

 plan that is not only cheap as a pack- 

 age, method of working, etc., but brings 

 our product to the consumer with as 

 little middlemen agency as possible, 

 when a market away from home has to 

 be sought. 



Borodino, N. Y. 



Oraiijse Co., Calif. — Wonderful 

 Climate and Produclionji. 



Written lor tJie American Bee Journal 



BY DR. E. GALLUP. 



Now, Mr. Editor, as you have got me 

 into trouble, please publish the follow- 

 ing as answers to inquiries. I will en- 

 deavor to be as brief as possible. 



I have been asked. Do you have good 

 public schools ? Do you have any 

 churches ? Do you have much sickness? 

 What is the prevailing disease? etc. 



Santa Ana has a population of about 

 4,500. The average daily attendance 

 in the schools is 674 pupils. The num- 

 ber of teachers is 20, and their salaries 

 are $1,600 each. The number of school 

 houses is 4 — two iu the central, and one 

 each in the east and the west end of 

 town ; besides one large hired hall and 

 a business college. Our teachers are of 



