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EXTRACTOR. 



imm pail, something as shown in tlie above 

 illustration. Both box and extractor shonld 

 be securely anchored down. As fast as the 

 honey is extracted it is to be drawn off pail- 

 ful after pailful, and then poured into kegs, 

 s(juare cans, or any large receiving-vat for 

 holding the honey. This filling and empty- 



EXTRACTOR ELEVATED OM A lil \ t-BuD Y. 



ing of the pails may seem to involve quite a 

 little labor; but one of the largest honey- 

 producers in the world, Mr. W. L. Cogg- 

 sliall, uses identically this method. 



Some prefer to have the extractor on a 

 higher box so that the honej'-gate can stand 

 just over the bunghole of a b-irrel, thus al- 

 •lo.\viiig the honey to go directly from the 

 comb into the marketing-i^ackage. Hut this 

 necessitates raising the extractor to a point 

 so high in the air tliat it is inconvenient to 

 work, and awkward to i)ut in and remove 

 the combs. It is, therefore, desirable that 

 the machine should be as close to the floor 

 as possible on a low box, low enough so we j 

 can run the honey into the pail, or direct ! 

 into square cans ; but if the honey is first i 

 run into an open tin pail, its quality, and , 

 whether or not there are dead bees floating | 

 in it, can be seen before it is emptied into I 

 the regular marketing-packages. I 



For a strainer a cheese-cloth sack attached 

 to the honey-gate will answer very well in 

 a small way, although something more elab- i 



orate will have to be used where the ex- 

 tractings are conducted on an extensive 

 scale. It is then customary to run the 

 honey through a strainer having a large 

 surface, not less than three or four square 

 feet. Or the honey may be conducted into 

 large tanks, where all particles of comb can 

 rise to the top and be skimmed off. The 

 honey is then drawn off from the bottom 

 into square cans and barrels. 



Mr. E. W. Alexander takes an ordinary 

 ten-quart milk-pail, cuts out the sides and 

 bottom of it. leaving a top and bottom rim. 

 These are united by upright tin braces as 

 shown. The open spaces are next filled in 

 with a fine mesh of brass wire cloth, secured 

 to place by solder. A good tinner should 

 be employed to do the job When finished 

 it makes a large pail seive. This he hangs 

 over the discharge-pipe of his extractoi-. 

 and he finds it ample to take care of the 

 output of a four frame machine run to its 

 full<^st extent. He advises, however, having 



THE ALEXANDER HONEY-STKAIXEK. 



two pails, so that when one is clogged up 

 another one can be put in its place; then, 

 after the day's extracting is over, botli can 

 be cleaned. 



S. T. Pettit, of Alymer, Ontario. Canada, 

 has devised a strainer, which we consider 

 superior to any thing else that is here 

 shown. The accompanying illustration will 

 make its manner of construction clear. It 



