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Mak. 



years I stored it in this room, and the honey was 

 more watery, if possible, than ever. At last, upon 

 the advice of a friend, I covered the south window 

 opening in the honey-room, and also the one at the 

 north end of the building-, directly opposite, with 

 wire cloth. A large opening- was made in the door 

 between the rooms, which was covered with the 

 same material. In this way I provide for a free cir- 

 culation of pure air every sunshiny daj-, directly 

 through the room in and around the honej'. Damp, 

 rainy days and nights, the windows are kept closed. 

 Since fixing the windows and door in this way I 

 have had no trouble until the approach of cold 

 weather, when a stove helps to maintain the desired 

 temperature; even then I do not neglect ventila- 

 tion. One thing more: Since I have kept my honey 

 in this way I have not had to burn sulphur to kill 

 worms, for none have halched. N. F. Cask. 



Glendale, Lewis Co., N. Y., Feb. 13, 1883. 



MANIJM'S MACHINK FOR GLUING SEC- 

 TIONS. 



ESPECtALLY FOR "FOLKS" WHO THINK THE DOVE- 

 TAILED AND ALL-IN-ONE-PIECE NOT STOUT 

 ENOUGH. 



fN compliance with your request, I will give you 

 a brief description of the machine. As you see 

 — ' by the cut, it somewhat resembles a harness- 

 maker's stitching-hnrsc. Having once worked at 

 the harness business is doubtless the cause of my 

 adopting this easy form fur these machines. They 

 arc made of well-seasoned ]ia d wood (maple and 

 birch), e.\cept the seats, which are made of soft 

 wood. The mwchines are put togither with screws 

 or bolts; they can thus be easily and quickly put 

 together or taken apart. There is nothing about 

 them liable to get out of order, or to wear out, ex- 

 cept that the wooden spring may, after a time, lose 

 its elasticity. To remedy this it may be turned over, 

 which will make it as good as ever. 



MACHINE FOR GLUING SECTIONS. 



The little table under the slide A is movable, and 

 can be adjusted to accommodate any size section. 

 The plunger, to which the glue-pad is attached, is 

 automatic, making a plunge into the glue at every 

 downward motion of the treadle; and by simply 

 touching one of the dovetailed ends to the pad, suf- 

 ficient glue will adhere to the section to make a 

 strongjoint. These machines are very simple, and 



easy to operate. It is fun for boys to operate them. 

 A smart 12-year-old boy can put together from 1200 

 to 20C0 sections per day, with one of these machines. 



The fdn. press, B, is a simple piece of wood, which, 

 when in operation, takes the place of the slide A. 

 It has a metal gauge which plays in a groove in the 

 lower end of tlio press. The fdn. is placed up to this 

 gauge; and when the press is brought down, the 

 gauge is forced up out of the way; and as the press 

 rises again, the gauge is forced back by two springs. 

 Thiii press I have recently invented, therefore I 

 have never put it to actual use; but I feel confident 

 that it will work. However, as I charge nothing ex- 

 tra for it, no one will suffer any loss if it should 

 prove worthless. A. E. Manum. 



Bristol, Vt., Feb. 13, 1882. 



CORRECTIONS. 



fN our last number we were particularly 

 unlucky as to mistakes. Tlie first six 

 — ' lines on p. 73 should be at the top of p. 

 72, Tliey were at tirst carried over from p. 

 7J, and accidentally misplaced. ]3y drawing 

 a mark around these lines, it will make the 

 articles of friends Mellen and Corey read far 

 more intelligibly, llasty's article on clover, 

 pp. (jo, (j4, is also defeciive. In the fourth 

 line above the cut, read ''solitary Jfoit-ers " 

 instead of hairs. Fig. 1 is a section of a clo- 

 ver-head, and not an exterior view. Fig. 2 

 is '' a section of clover No. 5 changing to a 

 raceme." In the third line under the cut, 

 read, "and ccc the solitary tlowers. Iwas 

 greatly desirous of getting seed from the solita- 

 ry Jlowers, but none were produced." The 

 eleven words in italics were omitted. On 

 the same page, (14, tenth line from top, read, 

 '• heads and large tlower-tubes. [This I con- 

 stituted a new No. o, that number being 

 now vacant. I oiuitted to mention that the 

 best plant was of medium growth, small 

 heads, and slender flower - tubes.]" The 

 words in brackets were omitted, tlie com- 

 positor's eye jumping from one "• flower - 

 tube "to the same word further on. These 

 mistakes are humiliating and aggravati)ig ; 

 the more so, as we take great pains with our 

 typography. Friend Hasty himself, in tell- 

 ing us or these errors, pays us the following 

 beautiful (though perhaps hardly deserved) 

 compliment: — 



What now has befallen the vigilant proof-reader of 

 Gleanings, that my last article should be hashed up 

 in such awtul style? Kight here, before I I'age and 

 pitch any more, perhaps 1 had better perform a neg- 

 lected duty. 1 want to thanli the proof-reader of 

 Gleanings, whoever he may be, for the comfortable 

 feelings I have so often had when folding up an arti- 

 cle for that journal. " That, at Iccst, won't be mur- 

 dered by inches in getting through the press," I have 

 mentally said. Now it so hiippens that I have suf- 

 lered a good deal at the hands of printers — gram- 

 mar knocked into a cocked hat; spelling calculated 

 to make Webster turn over in his grave; absurd 

 substitutions' t one word for another; exasperating 

 "outs," to make one think the writer's wits had ta- 

 ken a sudden vacation, etc. : but Gi..eanings has 

 been a haven of rest to me. The editor gets fre- 

 quent compliments and thanks; will the proof-reader 

 this time accept most hearty ones from me? 



For the future, we can only promise more 

 care with our articles ; and to make up for 

 having occupied so much valuable space 

 with an account of our blunders, we will 

 give our readers four extra pages in the April 

 number. 



