THE AMERICA:^ BEE JOURNAL. 



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the whole crop, even if one-third 

 larger, is not as great as the consump- 

 tion will be. Secondly, the quality is 

 much above an average, and should 

 command more for its intrinsic 

 value. Third, the demand from 

 abroad will be much larger than ever 

 before, and will pay an advance on 

 former prices if the product cannot be 

 bought at a less rate. 



That the home consumption will be 

 much larger than ever before we feel 

 convinced, as bee-keepers are awaken- 

 ing to the necessity of educating our 

 people to use it more freely, and are 

 adopting more readily every facility 

 for familiarizing the pulilic with a 

 genuine article, and its desirableness 

 as a pure and wliolesome article of 

 food. In this connection the Exposi- 

 tions and Fairs are doing more good, 

 remuneratiye work, than could be ac- 

 complished by years of patient indi- 

 vidual effort, and it is refreshing to 

 witness the alacrity with which bee- 

 keepers are availing themseWes of 

 these popular metliods of public in- 

 struction ; and it is safe to say that 

 the domestic consumption will be 

 rapidly increased to double its former 

 extent, and thus on almost without 

 limit. 



In view of the partial failure of the 

 limited honey crop in Europe, and the 

 heretofore popular demand for a pure 

 article of American honey, no one 

 can for a moment doubt that later on 

 the foreign demand will be very heavy, 

 especially when it is remembered that 

 their fruit crop this season is very 

 limited, and honey is, perhaps, its 

 most natural substitute. In our own 

 markets the demand, though healthy 

 and substantial, is not so eager yet as 

 it will be later on, owing to the plenti- 

 ful and superior small fruit crop ; but 

 when this is entirely cut ofE by frost 

 or expiration of sea.son, the retail de- 

 mand for honey will likely brightfen 

 up, and with a more eager retail mar- 

 ket, jobbers' prices will advance, and 

 the demand from first hands or pro- 

 ducers become more competitive. 



In this connection it is interesting 

 to note the general favor with which 

 smaller — very small— packages are be- 

 ing received. In the Boston market 

 last week, as will be observed by refer- 

 ence to themarketcolumn in the Bee 

 Journal, Messrs. Crocker & Blake 

 report the market active, with honey 

 in }^ pound sections selling at 30c. per 

 pound ; in 1 pound sections at 22 to 

 25c., and 2 pound sections at 20 to 22c. 

 Mr. Kendel reported a demand in 

 Cleveland for extracted honey in 



packages ranging down from 60 to 5 

 pounds, at l-lc. and 1 pound sections 

 at 1 to 2c. highei- than 2 pound sec- 

 tions. Messrs. (ireer & Co. reported 

 extracted honey in kegs and cans at 

 2c. higher than in barrels and half 

 barrels ; and in our own market 

 (Chicago) Mr. R. A. Burnett quotes 

 white comb steady at 18 to 20c., with 

 some extra nice 1 pound sections sell- 

 ing at 22c. per pound. Thus it will be 

 seen that the public demand and ready 

 prices, are singularly corroborative of 

 the Bee Journal's oft-reiterated ad- 

 vice, to carefully grade all honey, put 

 it up in small packages most con- 

 venient for consumers' use, and make 

 its appearance as attractive as possi- 

 ble. Although the grade may possibly 

 be the same, a more attractive small 

 package will find the quickest sale at 

 a much higher price. Above all, do 

 not by any means use second-hand 

 packages of any kind, more especially 

 kegs or barrels. Anything wooden 

 which has once contained liquid, will 

 be found impregnated with a flavor 

 that will prove detrimental to a fine 

 quality of honey, and either depreciate 

 its value in market, or entirely ruin 

 its sale. It will be found lavish 

 economy. 



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Foiindatiou Making. — Prof. Cook, 

 President of the North American 

 Bee-keepers' Society, has issued the 

 following circular : 



To the Manufacturers of Foundation 



Machines : 



Many have expressed a desire that 

 all of the foundation machines of the 

 country may be at the Mational Con- 

 vention, and that foundation maybe 

 made so that all may see how they 

 work. While visiting that Goliah of 

 American bee-keepers, D. A. Jones, 

 of Beeton, Canada, last week, he 

 showed me how beautifully the Dun- 

 ham machine worked, and the fine 

 foundation that it would produce, and 

 said that if Mr. lleddon could do bet- 

 ter with the plates, he wished to see 

 it done at the National Convention. I 

 could not help uttering a vehement 

 amen. I remarked that we should 

 also wish to see tlie one who has done 

 so much for foundation, and founda- 

 tion machines, A. I. Root, there, with 

 his roller machine, and with the great 

 praise that has been given to the 

 Vandervort foimdation, which as we 

 all know that have used it, is well 

 earned, we want as much to see that 

 machine work. Now I wish to sug- 

 gest that Mr. A. I. Root bring a cis- 

 tern and wax reservoir, that C. F. 

 Muth furnish wax, and that every 

 manufacturer bring his machine, and 

 we all see them tried. We all know 

 that Messrs. Muth and Root, so full 

 of generous purposes are they, will 

 not refuse to do as suggested above. 

 Such an exhibition woiud be not only 



very interesting, but would prove a 

 wonderful educator. I hope that all 

 of you, Mrs. Dunham, and Messrs. 

 Vandervort, Given, and Root will at 

 once express a willingness to comply 

 with the above request, which is the 

 wish of a host of bee-keepers that in- 

 tend to be at (Mucinnati. 



Lansing, Mich., Sept. 7, 1882. 



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MISCELLANEOUS. 



Adiilter.ition of Food.— lion. W. I. 



Chamberlain, Secretary of the Ohio 

 State Board of Agriculture, in the 

 last number of the Country Gentleman, 

 gives a mental analysis of a breakfast 

 table which he failed to enjoy, and 

 which he characterizes as follows : 



I hastily made a mental analysis of 

 the coffee, and it would be about thus 

 for a pound package : 



.^ „ Value in a 



Percent. Per pound. pound. 



Rio coffee 2(i 0.20 lbs. at aic. to 04 



Peas 40 0.40 " 2c. 0.008 



Chicory 20 0.20 " 4c. 0.008 



Lord knows what. 20 0.20 *' (?) 0.6oo(?) 



f0.056 



Or the value per pound would be 

 about five and one-half cents ; or, as 

 pure green Rio, by the quantity, is 

 only ten and one-half cents per pound 

 it would make the prepared coffee cost 

 the manufacturer or adulterator about 

 three cents per pound, and he sells it 

 at fifteen cents or more — a reasonable 

 compensation forgrindingand mixing. 

 A similar analysis of the other 

 articles was about as satisfactory. 

 The sugar was part glucose. The 

 milk was perhaps watered ; perhaps 

 from cows fed on glucose meal or sour 

 slops. The buckwheat cakes were 20 

 per cent, buckwheat, 20 sorghum seed 

 meal and tiO wheat middlings. The 

 butter to put on the cakes was made 

 not of cows' cream, but of cows' tal- 

 low, doctored chemically and churned 

 with skimmed milk, on the principle 

 of letWng the chicken wade through 

 the broth to make it chicken broth. 

 The syrup to put on the cakes was 

 thick and salvy— 20 per cent, cane 

 syrup, 75 per cent, glucose, and about 

 1 per cent, sulphuric acid ! 



" O, isn't that a dainty dish to set before a king! " 



Disgusted with the coffee, I called 

 for tea, but it never saw the populous 

 shores of China or Japan. The vine- 

 gar was not from cider, and the pep- 

 per and spices used in cooking had 

 lost a part of their essential oils in 

 some great factory. The canned fruit 

 and preserves had glucose syrup, 

 thick, and of fine "body," but with 

 little sweetness. My stomach said no 

 to such a breakfast, and I hastily 

 withdrew into the open air to let it 

 utter its protest. I served that break- 

 fast just as the whale did Jonah, and 

 with far better reason, for such a 



