THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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THH M'CARTNEY SECTION PRESS AND 



1-OUNDATION FASTENER. 



One of the most interesting exhibits at 

 the Wisconsin convention was the scciion 

 press and foinnlation fastener of Geo. 

 McCartney, of Rockford, Ills. It is il- 

 lustrated on this page. It is very simple 

 in construction. Pressing one treadle 

 puts the section firmly together. Press- 

 ing the other 

 treadle shovts 

 forward a strij) 

 of foundation, 

 cuts a piece off 

 the desired 

 length and 

 firndy fastens 

 U in llif sec- 

 tion. It is not 

 necessary to 

 cut u p t h e 

 f o u n d a t ion, 

 the machine 

 does that, and 

 it can be fed 

 into the ma- 

 chine in long 

 strips. The 

 machine can 

 be easily set 

 to cut off any 

 length of foun- 

 dation. In my 

 opinion it is 

 the best com- 

 bined machine 

 that has come 

 to my notice. 

 The only thing 

 that will pre- 



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SECTION PRESS AND 

 EASTENER. 



vent it from coming into general use, is 

 the price ( $^.00 | ; but \»hen there is 

 much work to be done, it would be true 

 economv to own a machine. 



\V. E. COGGSH.VEE AND HIS EIOHTNINC. 

 OPERATORS. 



Gleanings gives a good picture of W. 

 L. Coggshall and nearly a page descrip- 

 tion of Mr. Coggshall, his methods, and 

 the men who have worked with him. 

 Mr. Cog.shall owns somewhere about 1200 

 colonies of bees, scattered about in ten 

 different j-ards; the furthest one being 

 about 40 miles 

 from home. 

 Mr. Coggshall 

 and his helpers 

 drive to one of 

 these yards, 

 carrying bar- 

 rels and kegs 

 with them. 

 There is an ex- 

 tractor and ex- 

 tracting house 

 at each yard. 

 The men put 

 on armor-proof 

 bee-suits, b e- 

 cause no ordin- 

 ary sting-proof 

 cloth i 11 g 

 would answer. 

 They then go 

 to work in a 

 lightning 

 style. Covers 

 are kicked off 

 because it is 

 quicker. The 

 smoke is driv- 

 en down be- 

 tween the 

 frames, the 



EOLNDATIOX 



Aug. Weiss, of Hortonville, Wiscon- 

 sin, in sending out to his customers a 

 novel calendar — one good for 200 years. 

 Drop him a postal, if you care for one. 



combs jerked out, and the bees jerked off 

 the combs. Everything is done by a quick 

 short-cut method. Mr. Coggshall places 

 locality first, the man next— hives last. 

 While the majority of us would not feel 

 like adopting all of his methods, there 

 is no denying the fact that he has made 

 money out of bees— in spite of the stings, 

 robbing and home-made equipments that 

 he has made for himself. 



