. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. EXT II ACTOR. 173 EXTRACTOR. t;isle will become educated so he can deter- mine the percentage of the one to the other. Then by putting in a small amount of alfal- fa, which he can always procure, he will be able to supply his trade with the proper blend. If one lives in a locality where alfalfa is produced exclusively, there will be no need of having a special blend, because the pure alfalfa can usually be obtained in most of the irr
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. EXT II ACTOR. 173 EXTRACTOR. t;isle will become educated so he can deter- mine the percentage of the one to the other. Then by putting in a small amount of alfal- fa, which he can always procure, he will be able to supply his trade with the proper blend. If one lives in a locality where alfalfa is produced exclusively, there will be no need of having a special blend, because the pure alfalfa can usually be obtained in most of the irrigated regions. UEQL'IKEMENTS OF THE LAW AS TO LABELS. It will be well to state that the national pure-food law-, and in some cases State laws, requires that the label shall indicate the ex- act contents of a package; and therefore it would not be advisable to call a blend, such as we have described, a pwre clover. It will l)e perfectly proper to say •'pure extracted honey bottled Ijy .John .Jones;'' Ijut .John .Jones must not say '' pure extracted honey ; from the apiary of .John .Jones"' unless such honey actually did come from his ajjiary. LABELING BOTTLED HOXEY. As a general rule, use small circular la- bels. The big ones that cover up the whole jar do not usually afford as pretty an effect as the small neat tasty labels that give the customer a good chance to see the honey. It is the honey that sells; and if it is a fine quality, get the grocer to display it in such a way in his window that the light will spar- kle through it, and we will guarantee it will sell. EZTR ACTOR. Tlie extractor, like the movaljle frame, is one of the things that have made a revolution in liee-keeping. It was invented in the year I860 by Major Francesco de Hruschka, of Venice, who died at the good old age of , in the year 1888. Like a good many other inventions, its discovery was made by accident. His little boy chanced to put a piece of comb in a Ijasket to which was attached a bit of
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