The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-07-16

There are annually thousands of tons of
the most exquisiteiy delicious honey going
to waste in these United States, simply for
the want of a sufficient number Of bees to
gather and store it. The very thought of
this waste should stimulate men and women
to look up favorable localities, establish
apairies and putt the little busy workers
into the field. If it was known that in
a certain locality there were thousands Of
bushels Of fine, large delicious Strawberries
literally spelling, and going to decay,
simply for the want of enterpriSing parties
to pick and save them from wastage, the
matter would be considered a canton maste.
And are Strawberries i'll all their glory a
fner daiicacy than a strictly prime article
of white clover or Eastwood honey? And
yet, probably, not much over ten per cent.
of the honey all over this goodly land is
secured; the other ninety per cent. is
allowed to waste on the air"
OF course, this nratter is being changed
somewhat, OF late years, as the matter is
being more agitated, and agricultural knowl-
edge more dis seminatcd. Last summer /
had occasion to drive across the country
twenty-five miles, Coming in sight of a
fine, rich valley, through which meandered
a fine, clear stream, scented thai exquisite
aroma arising from the nectar secreted from
the white clover; ! was just on the border
of a 800 acre pasture, that was just literally
n n.1s,l r,ac 80 .rIfto a1nuo. IJl,r, T.,
making an examination could scarcely find
a bee on this ocean of the most delicious
honey. "Oh, for 100 colonies of bees here
for six weeks, were my thoughts. Yet,
my home apiary was revcling in about the
same kind of pasturage. | made Il rough
estimate, that at least 5000 lbs. of the
very best honey were here, on those 800
acres, going to waste, which represented a
are farmers toiling late and early, to raise
corn at zoe per bushel; oats, 18c to 20; and
pork, at SO per cwt., not dreaming that a
stream of wealth is going to waste right in
plain sight, and yet they don't see it.. And
this locality referred to is only one of
thousands like it that are unnoticed
But there is a another side to this picture
that at least the bee-keeper's fraternity
will be thinking of when reading this
article, and hat is the price of honey. If
still IA vast increasing number are induced
to adopt bookkeeping, aud increase the
supply, what in the world are we going
to do with our honey? | know that this is
a seriou question, viewed from the lro-
dacc3's standpoint, and honey is selling at
very low figures. But is not this same
question applicable to nearly eoefy other
class of produce? In fact, we have reach
ed 4 point in prices when nearly every
article of production is quite low, and |
don't think that honey is relatively lower
most other articles of commerce, and
then there are thousands of our people that
have not yet been educated to consume
honey. The iorme prices prevented its
consumption in Thousand of families. But
as thoughtful families see this most deli
cious Of sweets put up in the modern, neat,
one pound section boxes, and small, neat
pals (if extracted, and guaranteed abso-
lutely purc), aud at from Zoe to 15c per
pound, why, its consumption is largely in
ereasing; and anyway, if it is rather dali
sale, don't like to see it going to @aste.-
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