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may, if he chooses, put up his honey, at once, in retail pack- 

 ages. 



843. To stop the accidental leakage of honey in pails— 

 for, owing to its weight, it will leak through seams that are 

 water-tight— we simply rub over the leaky spot a little tallow- 

 wax, prepared by melting beeswax with tallow or lard, in 

 varied quantities. 



A friction-top pail is now manufactured by the Tin Tnist 

 which is sufflciently honey-tight to fulfill every purpose. These 

 pails are in many instances taking the place of the pail origi- 

 nated by us and which is for that reason called the "Dadant 

 pail." All kinds of packages are sold by dealers, and papers 

 or paper sacks are recommended for granulated honey. There 

 is no doubt that these paper sacks are the very cheapest 

 package for retailing honey to the masses, but the amount 

 put up in these must be limited to the actual winter con- 

 sumption, owing to their probable leakage when warm wealher 

 comes. The sacks are generally coated with paraffine. 



A great deal of honey is sold in glass jars, but our objection 

 to them is that granulated honey does not look well in them, 

 and they are more costly than tin. Honey, in tin, can be put 

 up gross weight and although no one objects to the weight 

 of the pail, this weight helps to pay for its cost. Those who 

 use glass as a honey package, melt the honey before bottling it. 



For shipping honey in small packages, Mr. Aug. Christie, 

 a large producer of Iowa, puts it up in soldered cans. But 

 the honey must be very ripe, or else must be previously heated, 

 for the least fermentation would burst the can. 



844. In every case when honey is sold, it should be neatly 

 labeled with the name and address of the producer, which is, 

 in itself, a guarantee of its quality. 



When you go into a strange grocery, where you are un- 

 known, the immediate answer of the grocer, to your mention 

 of honey is : "I don't want any honey ; I have no sale for it, 

 and I don't like to handle it." Should you then take your 

 leave and go, there would be but little hope of increasing your 



