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for the honey to g-et out. Then I nail a 

 wooden cross-piece across the top, but, 

 before nailinfj^ the cross-piece in place 

 I drive a nail throug^h it — about a ten- 

 penny nail — and when I put the cross- 

 piece in place I have the point of this 

 nail turned uppermost. The point of 

 this nail is to rest the frame on when 

 uncapping the comb. The point of this 

 nail comes as near being a universal 

 joint as anything with which I am ac- 

 quainted — the frame can be turned 

 "every- which -way" and it will not slip 

 about. Rest one end of the frame on 



Cracker Barrel Uncapping Tank. 



this nail-point, stand the comb in a 

 neartyupright position, hold the comb 

 with the left hand, grasping it near 

 the upper end, then begin at the lower 

 end to uncap, giving^^the knife a sort 



of slanting motion, such as a barber 

 gives his razor, drawing it back and 

 forth as it cuts its wd.y upward, at the 

 same time slanting the comb slightly 

 forward (toward the knife) so that the 

 cappings, as they break off, will drop 

 into the barrel instead of upon the sur- 

 face of the comb. The barrel is placed 

 over a galvanized iron tub and sup- 

 ported by double hooks made of heavy 

 wire. One end of a hook is hung upon 

 the edge of the tub. There are four 

 hooks, and when all are in place, 

 about equally distant, upon the upper 

 edge of thetub, the barrel islowered into 

 the tub, the hooks upon the other ends 

 of the wires catching it in the "chime," 

 and supporting the bottom some four 

 inches below the top of the tub. One 

 of these hooks was taken out and hung 

 upon the handle of the tub, in the cut 

 that is given, in order to show more 

 more perfectly the construction of the 

 hook. 



MAKING VINEGAR FROM THE HONEY 

 LEFT IN THE CAPPINGS. 



When the season is over, late in the 

 fall, or earl}' in the winter, the cap- 

 pings will be rendered into wax. The 

 hoops will be cut, and the staves pried 

 off, and there will stand the cappings 

 in one great cake, all read}' to be 

 chopped up and rendered into wax. 

 They will be melted up in a clean, new 

 boiler, and the water will be used for 

 making vinegar. This will utilize 

 every last ounce of the honey. This 

 vinegar proposition may seem like a 

 small one, but do you suppose that an}' 

 of the great manufacturing or packing 

 concerns would ignore it ? 



SUPERIORITY OF THE ROOT, FOUR- 

 FRAME EXTRACTOR. 



I haventhis 'year used the Root, four- 

 frame automatic extractor, and it is 

 certainly 'worthy of all praise. The 

 brake, and the automatic reversing of 

 the combs, and the ball-bearings, are 

 time-savers [and great comforts. The 

 machine is inclined to run more stead- 



