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among the rich nabobs on the hills at 35 cents a gallon. 

 It can be done if you have the people coming in. I have 

 no retail store. I am a wholesame man, and people don't 

 come to my store. It can be made, and if I had a little 

 retail store, and had bees where I lived, that would be one 

 of my hobbies. I would knock out a profitable time hav- 

 ing fun making honey-vinegar and selling it at 40 cents a 

 gallon. 



Mr. Wilcox — How much did you put in ? 



Mr. Muth — The more honey the better. Put 3 pounds 

 of honey to a gallon of water; or if you put in 2 pounds you 

 will get good vinegar. If you put in 4 pounds you would 

 get the finest on earth; but I would call it about 15 or 20 

 cents a gallon cost. 



Mr. Wheeler — Did it ever get too sweet? 



Mr. Muth — No, the sweeter you get it the sourer it will 

 get. 



Mr. Wheeler — I have had it stand around in barrels and 

 not ferment. 



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HERMAN F. MOORE, Secretary. 



Mr. Muth — If you would make your honey-water real 

 sweet, put in a little cake of yeast and. it will ferment. 



Mr. France — If you make it so very sweet it will fer- 

 ment quicker, and be stronger, and it will eat your pickles. 

 The housewife prefers vinegar that is not so strong. 



Mr. Muth — I agree with you. Take about 3 pounds 

 to a gallon, and that's a whole lot. 



Mr. Wheeler — Did you ever try it after your honey was 

 iieated to the boiling point ? 



Mr. Muth— I did not. 



Mr. Wheeler — I have had honey, the melting from 

 cappings, the honey gets hot. I have had a great deal that 

 was unfit to sell — water and honey that ran out of the 

 wax-extractor. I have tried all sorts of ways to get that to 

 sour, except by adding the yeast* I have put in the "mother 

 of vinegar" even. 



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