THE HONEY TRADE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2121, 11 February 1886, Page 2

THE HONEY TRADE.

1O THK KDirOB. Hut, — I s>ee in your i-i»ue of the 9th inst. a suggestion that the Cambridge Jain Factory should undertake the tinning of honey for the producers, charging for material and labour. The suggestion is so far good, but does not meet the requirements of the case. What is wanted is the co-operation of the grocers with the honey-producers to get honey generally introduced as an article of daily household consumption placed on the table as regular as butter or sugar. This will not be accomplished by tinned honey, which is of the natuie of a luxury, retailed at a high price, although honey would yield a fair profit to the producer at 4«d per lb. wholesale. Besides, there is no" need for tinning honey for local retail purposes any more than there is for tinning sugar. To tin it for finch a purpose is an absurdity, and an admirable invention for restricting the trade. Pure honey granulates shortly after being extracted, and is then quite as manageable as salted butter ; indeed, more ko, as it will not become rancid by exposure. The producer will be glad to supply the grocers with any quantity of pure extracted honey of the finest quality at 4W per lb., and they can surely well afford to sell it at GW. Let the grocer buy his honey fiom the producer in kegs and keep on his counter under glass, a neat solid block of honey, or a bample in a suitable vessel, prominently displayed and labelled "pure extracted honey fiid per lb.' Let the purchaser carry it away in his own dish, or in a piece of paper if ho chooses, in cold weather the honey will be solid enough for this. In this way honey would become a cheap and prized article of general daily consumption instead of a rare and costly luxury. I think the grocers owe it to themselves, the public, and the encouragement of a local industry to adopt this system and I trust they will do so.— Yours obediently. Apiarist.

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