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FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 



Mr. Wilcox — If we have honey that will sell at 4 or 5 

 cents per pound, can it be made into vinegar with profit? 



Mr. France — I think not. 



Mr. Hoffman — Give the process for manufacturing vine- 

 gar. 



Mr. France — Make a solution of honey and water that 

 will float an egg, then let it stand until it has turned to 

 vinegar. That is all there is to it. There are quicker proces- 

 ses than this — those that expose it to the air more thoroughly 

 than this — but it will not pay the ordinary bee-keeper to 

 bother with them. 



SAMPLES OF HONEY. 



As a drawing card for the National convention that 

 was held at -St. Louis, Mr. France collected pound-samples 

 of different varieties of honey from different States. After 

 securing them it was impossible to display them, as out- 

 siders kept slipping in and carrying them off. It was quite 

 interesting to see how the same variety of honey differed 

 in different parts of the country. Mr. France had with him, 

 and placed upon exhibition, small samples of the varieties 

 of honey that he had gathered. 



''brick honey." 



Mr. Root exhibited a sample of candied cut up as they 

 cut it up into "bricks," and surround the packages with para- 

 fiined paper, with parchment paper over that. It can be sold 

 only in a local market, as the public in general does not 

 understand about the candying of honey, and, if kept over 

 until warm weather, it will become too soft; in fact, only 

 such honey as candies hard can be used. 



Mr. France — Have you tried Southern honey? 



Mr. Root — No, we have not. 



Mr. Kimmey — How will it be next summer? 



Mr. Root — It will be soft. As I have said, it must be sold 

 while the weather is still cold. I would not advocate it for 

 use away from home. 



Mr. Duby — I have calls for candied honey here in Chi- 

 cago. 



Mr. Moore — There is no trade in candied honey here in 

 Chicago, unless it has been worked up. 



HOW SHALL WE BEST MARKET COMB HONEY? 



Mr. Abbott — It depends upon the locality. 



Mr. Becker — My plan is to put the honey up in an 

 attractive package. I make three grades. There is a first 

 and a second grade, and then the culls. Sell in the home 

 market if possible. A home market is lasting, once it is 

 established. Shipping honey without loss from breakage 

 is an art. I have bought lots of honey from Mr. York, and 

 never yet had a particle of loss from leakage in shipping. 



Mr. Reynolds — An agent, or seller of honey, sometimes 

 makes sales, and gets the start of some other seller, by show- 



