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Show pl - ( LIQUEFYING HONEY. How One Bee Keeper Manage to Keep Ahead of His Orders. After my honey Is put up in glass cans, it begiiiB to thicken, nnd look milky, as soon ns cold weather sots in. This takes plnce, generally, during September, nnd, long before winter begins, every can, If let nlone, would be ns solid as n rock, figuratively speaking. Hut I don't give It tho chance, If I can help It, writes a correspondent cor-respondent of Deo Culture, for as soon as It begins to look milky, I begin to remelt It. It takes less heat, and It can bo moro quickly done at that tlmo than later, after It has had tlmo to become solid. This, too, seems to answer all tho purpose, for it will generally remain liquid nil through tho winter after this ono treatment. Wo havo over our kitchen stovo n shelf that holds ono dozen quart cans. With tho common firing for family uso honey placed on this will liquefy, ready for closing tho enn, in about 24 hours. It is very essential that every Rellquefylng Apparatus. granulo should bo melted to prevent granulation a second tlmo lat r on. I nlwnys unscrew the top of ench can n very llttlo when I expose tho cans to tho heat. This may not bo necessary. neces-sary. Years ago I llquelled pound bottles in tho same way without removing re-moving tho corks, nnd It seemed to- work Just ns well. However, I think It bettor to glvo tho pneknges a chanco to "breatho." As long ns I have liquid honey on hand to supply tho mnrkot, I keep this shelf only occupied with enns, changing chang-ing whenover necessnry, but Inter on, when the mnrkcts begin to'cnll moro regularly fori honey, tho shelf Is too slow. To keep ahead of my orders, I use a two-wick oll-stovo with a. shoot-Iron shoot-Iron oven. Tho latter accommodates two dozen cans at a tlmo, and with blazo turned bo low that tho enna can bo hnndled comfortably bare-handed nt any time, two batches can bo llquelled llque-lled In a day. This gives mo a liquefying lique-fying capacity, Including tho dozen on tho shelf, of flvo dozen a day, moro than enough to keep mo supplied. |
