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per stave, to secure a current of air above the liquid. 

 These, as well as the bung hole, should be covered with 

 very fine wire screen, or with cloth, to stop insects. 



A very prompt method consists in allowing the liquid to 

 drip slowly from one barrel into another, as often as pos- 

 sible during warm weather. 



As we make vinegar not only for our own use, but also to 

 sell to our neighbors, we keep two barrels, one of vinegar 

 already made, the other fermenting. When we draw a gal- 

 lon of vinegar, we replace it with a gallon from the other 

 barrel. This keeps up the supply. 



Vinegar should not be kept in the same cellar with wines, 

 as its ferment would spoil the wines sooner or later. 



Honey as Medicine. 



857. In Denmark and Hanover, the treatment of Chlor- 

 osis, by honey, is popular. The pale girls of the cities are sent 

 to the country, to take exercise and eat honey. The good 

 results of this treatment have suggested to Lehman the 

 theory that the insufficiency of hepathic sugar is the cause 

 of Chlorosis, which thus explains the curing effect of honey. 

 (Jaccotjd, as quoted by the Revue Internationale d' Apicul- 

 ture. ) 



Honey, mixed with flour, is used to cover boils, bruises, 

 burns, etc. ; it keeps them from contact with the air, and 

 helps the healing. Beverages, sweetened with honey, will 

 cure sore throat, coughs, and will stop the development of 

 diphtheria, especially if taken on an empty stomach, at bed 

 time. A glass of wine or cider, strongly sweetened with 

 honey, is advised in L'Apiculteur, as a cure for colds. 

 (1886.) 



Suckling babies are cured of constipation, by a mixture 

 of bread and honey given them, tied in a " sugar teat." 



