BOTTLING HONEY 
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better arrangement is a sort of extractor- 
reel having blades that will thoroly mix 
the honey. The reel should revolve four or 
five times a minute. Faster than this will 
not be necessary. The little motor that is 
used to operate the honey-pump can also 
run a countershaft geared back so that the 
mixing reel inside of the blending tank 
will not revolve faster than the time 
stated. 
WASHING AND CLEANING BOTTLES. ■ 
Prepare several tubs of water — one of 
them with strong suds—and then have on 
hand a few ounces of shot—No. 6 is about 
right. If particles of glass or dirt cling to 
the inside of the bottles, pour in four or 
five ounces of shot and give the bottle a 
shaking. This will dislodge all particles, 
when the shot may be poured into another 
bottle, to be similarly treated. In rinsing 
use clear soft water. Hard water is liable 
to leave traces of sediment. Any glass pack¬ 
age used far- honey designed for table pur¬ 
poses should be spotlessly clean. 
REQUIREMENTS OE THE LAW AS TO LABELS. 
The national pure-food law, and in some 
cases state laws, require that the label shall 
indicate the exact contents of a package; 
and therefore it would not be advisable to 
call a blend, such as has been described, a 
pure clover. It will be perfectly proper to . 
say “pure extracted honey bottled by John 
Jones;” but John Jones must not say 
“pure extracted honey from the apiary of 
John Jones” unless such honey did actual¬ 
ly come from his apiary. 
Allusion has already been made to the 
fact that the federal laws, and in some in¬ 
stances state laws, require that the exact 
quantity by weight or measure of the con¬ 
tents for retail purposes shall show on the 
label. It should be stated, in this connec¬ 
tion, that the Bureau of Chemistry has 
There is no time from the hive to the bottle when honey should not have most careful attention and be 
stored in clean, airy stockrooms where proper temperatures can be maintained. This stockroom Shown is 
equipped with portable piling machines, live steam, hot water, and every sanitary device. 
