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BOTTLING HONEY 
lie produces from his own yard. If, for 
example, his honey is almost exclusively 
from clover, with little or no basswood or 
fall flow, the trade will become educated to 
like that particular flavor, and will reject 
all other honeys of other flavors on the 
ground that they are impure. To provide 
against a contingency of this kind it is ad¬ 
visable to use from the start for bottling 
purposes a honey that can always be fur¬ 
nished year after year. It is usually cus¬ 
tomary to make a blend of white clover, 
25 per cent of sage, and 25 per cent of 
alfalfa. It may be assumed, for example, 
that he has a season of failure, and yet the 
bottling trade keeps up just the same. He 
usually buys a mixture of clover and bass¬ 
wood. His taste will become educated so 
he can determine the percentage of the 
one to the other. Then, by putting in a 
small amount of alfalfa, which he can al¬ 
ways procure, he will be able to supply his 
trade with the proper blend. 
If one lives in a locality where alfalfa 
Glass containers are carried from the stockrooms direct to the bottle-washers by automatic conveyors. 
The latest-type bottle-washers deliver the glass to the filling machines, crystal clear and thoroly sterilized. 
basswood, alfalfa, and mountain sage, and, 
if the trade is supplied with this blend 
from the very start, it will become accus¬ 
tomed to it. Such a blend can be made up 
of honeys that one can purchase when 
local honey fails; whereas if one puts up 
only white clover at the beginning, he will 
find it difficult to purchase a strictly pure 
clover except at highest prices. Where 
one lives in a clover locality he will do well 
to make up a blend of 50 per cent of clover, 
is produced extensively, there will be no 
need of having a special blend, because the 
pure alfalfa can usually be obtained in 
sufficient quantity. 
In mixing the different flavors of honey 
it will be necessary, after putting into the 
tank the requisite amount of each kind, to 
stir them slightly while heating. This is 
to prevent overheating a part of the honey, 
and to bring about a tlioro blend. The 
stirring may be done with a paddle; but a 
