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sold in paper sacks. The sacks are made of heavy manila paper, para- 

 ffined, the honey put in while in the liquid state, and then allowed 

 to granulate. The sacks can be set into small boxes, egg-crate fashion, 

 the boxes holding them square until the honey candies, when the sacks 

 of honey can be packed for shipment like so many bricks. The pur- 

 chaser can peel off the sack and melt up the honey if he prefers it in 

 that state. The cost of the package is only about one-tenth that of tin. 

 Every package of liquid extracted honey intended for the retail trade 

 should have an explanatory label stating that honey will candy upon 

 the approach of cool weather, and all packages of extracted honey, 

 whether liquid or candied, should bear labels explaining how to liquefy 

 the honey without injury. Right in this line let me say that candied 

 extracted honey can be put up in a very attractive package. Let it 

 candy in ths square 6o-pound tin cans, or it may be bought in these 

 cans alread}' candied ; cut off the tin can with a pair of tinner's snips. 



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Candied Brick Honey, Wrapped and Ready for Market 



then cut up the cube of honey into blocks of one pound each ; wrap 

 them in paraffin paper to prevent soaking; put a sheet of parchment 

 paper of this to prevent breaking; over this slip a paper carton, and, 

 last nf all, a wrapping of white paper printed in gilt letters, raised 

 or embossed. The A. I. Root Co., of Medina, Ohio, has been the 

 leader in putting up honey in this "de luxe" st)le. For cutting up the 

 honey into blocks they use an ordinary butter-cutter such as is used 

 in the dairy trade. Thousands of pounds of honey put up in this style 

 have been sold at retail in Cleveland at 25 cts. a pound. The beauty 

 and novelty of the package and its contents, combined with judicious 

 but generous advertising, made the product sell like the proverbial 

 "hot cakes." 



Many men have made large wages selling honey direct to con- 

 sumers. They systematically canvass a cit)-, or portion of a citv, carry- 



