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Mr. W. M. Allen, Food Chemist in our Department, where a material 

 supposed to be extracted honey was found, when analyzed, to consist 

 entirely of syrups, flavors, etc., which had been derived from_ other 

 sources. It was purely an imitation honey, yet floating about m this 



Fig. 3.— a home-made extractor. The frames filled with honey, after being uncapped with 

 • a knife, are placed in this machine and the honey thrown out by rapid turning with a 



crank. The honey is then drawn out by means of the spigot at bottom of the extractor. 

 (Photo by Prof. Hutt). 



material was a leg of a bee, or a wing, or a tiny bit of comb, to make 

 the deception complete! The honest bee-keeper who sells extracted 

 honey must sell in competition with these fraudulent and adulterated 

 products, and he is thereby put to a disadvantage, and accordingly 



