EXTRACTOR. 



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EXTRACTOR. 



consists of a large tin funnel with perpen- 

 dicular sides, having oblong V-shaped pieces 

 of tin soldered across the bottom and up 

 and down the sides on a perpendicular line 

 and at regular intervals, so that when the 

 wire-cloth basket is put in'-i<'e 't will be held 



PETTIT HONEY-STKAINEB. 



away from the sides of the funnel by a dis- 

 tance equal to the pieces of V-shaped tin. 

 Inside the wire-cloth basket is hung a 

 square of cheesecloth, that practically does 

 all of the straining. This cloth comes in 

 contact with the wire-cloth basket, and as 

 this has a space of practically half an inch 

 between it and the walls of the funnel, the 

 honey can run down between through tlie 

 two-inch pipe into the barrel. 



The special feature of the Pettit strainer 

 is that extra squares of cheesecloth can be 

 substituted when the one already in shall be 

 clogged with refuse. These can be rinsed 

 out later on and be used again. 



One can, if he chooses, modify the shape 

 of the funnel, using the ordinary form with 

 tapering sides, but it is our judgment that 

 the one shown in the illustration is better, 

 Viecause of its vertical sides, for most of the 

 honey will be strained through the cloth 

 that hangs on the perpendicular line rather 

 than that laying horizontally on the bottom- 



Mr. .John Baily, of Brrcebridge, Ontario, 

 made an Alexander strainer, but he uses 

 sloping sides. This can readily be put inside 

 of an ordinary large funnel that can be pur- 

 chased at almost any large hardware store ; 

 but in our judgment the Pettit idea in using 

 coarse-mesh wire-cloth and cheesecloth for 

 the strainer material would be better than 

 using a line milk-strainer gauze only. 



EXTRACTING IN A LARGE WAY. 



Where the production of extracted honey 

 goes up into the carload, or the tens of thou- 

 sands of pounds, it is advisable to have an 

 extracting-building located on a side hill, 

 the first floor of which should be on a level 

 with the top of the 

 hill, and the base- 

 ment floor even 

 with the base of 

 the hill. The 

 combs from the 

 hives are then to 

 be run on a comb- 

 cart on a direct 

 level with the ex- 

 tractor, which in 

 this case will 

 stand on the floor. 

 In the room or 

 basement below, 

 just beneath the 

 extractor, and 

 c m m u n i c ating 

 directly with it 

 through a hole or 

 pipe, should be a 

 large storage-tank that will hold from 50C0 

 to 10,000 lbs. of honey at a time. Into this 

 the honey runs direct from the extractor as 

 fast as it is taken. From this the honey will 

 be drawn off into square cans, the latter to 

 be loaded on a wagon at the base of tlie hill. 

 The illiistiation next page sliows somewhat 



BOTTOM OF STRAINER TO 

 SHOW SUPPORTS FOR 

 WIRE BA&Ker. 



ISAILY S IIONEY-STKAINKM, 



