. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 282 THE AMERICAil BEE JOURNAL. the woods in search of wild plums, grapes and berries, and finally suc- cumed to the inevitable, and ate molasses. Since the advent of glucose- factories, molasses and syrups have " gone by the ; Fruit is more abundant than in the early settlement of the country, but it does not en- tirely fill the gap. This class of con- sumers are almost entirely neglected by producers. They think honey is something to be sold to town-folks. How one of our Western farmers would laugh if you should ask him to buy a pound
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 282 THE AMERICAil BEE JOURNAL. the woods in search of wild plums, grapes and berries, and finally suc- cumed to the inevitable, and ate molasses. Since the advent of glucose- factories, molasses and syrups have " gone by the ; Fruit is more abundant than in the early settlement of the country, but it does not en- tirely fill the gap. This class of con- sumers are almost entirely neglected by producers. They think honey is something to be sold to town-folks. How one of our Western farmers would laugh if you should ask him to buy a pound of honey ! " A pound of honey ? Why, that wouldn't be a lap. Bring me 50 or 100 ; He has no use for a lOcent package. Those who farm here have large families ; if not many children, they have work-hands, comers and goers, and there are few days when strang- ers do not sit down to their tables— agents, peddlers, etc. What a bonanza would honey be to the over-worked ?wife ! It needs no cooking; she does not have to stand for hours, either, over a hot stove or by a fire out-of- doors, with smoke or ashes in her eyes, moving a stirrer back and forth all day, and at night till the clock strikes the " little hours," to finish it off as it boils and sputters. This class needs instructing in the use of honey, and they could be easily taught, if it were only brought to their notice. We never shipped any honey more than once, and that was owing to the severe illness of Mr. Harrison ; and if we had employed the young man who packed and shipped it, to have ped- dled it out, we should have saved money and worry, as he had been in the peddling business. During the winter, in most localities, there are plenty of young men out of employ- ment, well fitted, with a little in- struction, to sell honey. It would be better to trust them with our prop- erty than to ship it to entire strangers. I am not ashamed of the business, but proud of it—glad that I am a pro- duc
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