274 FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



Whether it could be used profitably on a large scale, I 

 cannot say. There are, however, always people who are 

 ready to pay a high price for an extra article. After a 

 crock of clover honey has granulated, I turn it on its 

 side or upside down, and let it remain days enough to 

 drain off all the liquid part. If drained long enough, 

 the residue — and this will be nearly all the crockful — will 

 be as dry as sugar, and when this is liquefied by slow 

 heating it makes a delicious article. It will, however, 

 granulate very easily a second time. On a larger scale, 

 the liquid might be drained off by boring a hole at the 

 lower part of a barrel of granulated honey. I spoke of 

 treating clover honey in this way ; I do not know what 

 other kinds may be treated the same way, but I have had 

 some granulated honey of smooth, even texture, from 

 which no liquid part could be drained. When set to 

 drain, the whole mass would roll slowly out. 



MARKETING HONEY. 



I have had no uniform way of marketing honey. I 

 should prefer in all cases to sell the crop outright for 

 cash, if I could get a satisfactory price ; but some years 

 I can do better to sell on commission. Judgment must 

 be used as to limiting commission-men to a certain price. 

 Some commission-men will sell off promptly at any price 

 offered, a,nd when sending to such men it is best to name 

 a certain figure, below which the honey must not be sold. 

 I have sold in my home market, as well as in towns near 

 by, and have shipped to nine of the principal cities, and it 

 would be an impossibility for me to say what would be 

 my best market next year. Prices vary according to the 

 yield in different parts of the country. If shipping to 

 a distant point in cold weather, I keep up a hot fire to 

 warm the honey twenty-four hours before shipping. If 

 very cold I wait for a warm spell. 



