Kkbeuarv, 1918 



GLEANINGS IN R K K CULTURE 



by two 1 ^/^ X 1-inch vertical strips of wood 

 which are attached to the platform midway 

 between the two ends of each respective 

 rod. If the cross-arm becomes loose, it is 

 only necessary to tighten up the four burrs. 



1 use a three-ton jack-screw with this 

 press. The plunger has straps for handles, 

 and is made very strong of 2-inch lumber 

 with the grain of the wood turned at right 

 angles. For a spout I use a 1^/j-inch nickel- 

 plated pipe such as plumbers use, stopping 

 it with a wooden plug when not in use. 

 The inside of this press has % x %-inch 

 spaces intervening. Each side of the inside 

 has a full sheet of smooth roofing-tin nailed 

 over these %-inch strips, leaving %-inch 

 passages between the tin wall and the sides 

 of the press. Up and down in each of these 

 l>assages I have made a row of 8-penny nail- 

 holes thru the tin. The holes must not be 

 too small nor too large. The slick tin makes 

 tlie cheese slip down easily, and the rows of 

 lioles between the slats take care of all of 

 the wax and water, or whatever liquid may 

 pass thru. In this way the entire heating 

 surface is on the tin, which therefore keeps 

 just as hot as the cheese, and the contents 

 goes thru the holes right down on the outer 

 surface of the tin and never touches the 

 press-walls. Thereby the cheese never gets 

 cold while in the press, and boiling water 

 never needs to be thrown in when getting 

 ready for another cheese, altho the water 

 may be replaced when it becomes too thick 

 and sticky . 



The bottom of the press has the same size 

 of strips as the sides, but there are two 

 layers which are crossed and have a half- 

 inch space between. On top of the cross- 

 slats there is also a heavy %-inch-mesh wire 

 cloth for the cheese to rest on. 



With this press it is not necessary to have 

 a hot-water and wax overflow, as everything 



passes out of the spout. The plunger never 

 gets daubed up with wax, and is always nice 

 and clean to handle. Unde>r this spout I 

 use a water and wax separator, and a sepa- 



In this illustration the four ends of the rods 

 should be attached to the four corners of the plat- 

 form. Narrow uprights are used to hold the cross- 

 rate screen to catch the slumgum in case I 

 should get a sack with a small hole in it, 

 or pour some of the contents out of the sack. 

 By this method, as soon as my wax is run 

 thru, it is in marketable shape. 



Imperial, Gal. F. J. SEVERIN. 



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FROM THE~FIELD OF EXPERIENGEW 



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THAT DISAPPEARING DISEASE 



Suggestions About the Name, the Cause and the 

 Cure 



Is " disappearing disease" the right name 

 for the malady so designated? 



Certainly the bees disappear; and before 

 the disease disappears, anticipated surplus 

 also disappears (if anything you haven't 

 got or can't see, can disappear). Nosema 

 apis sounds more scientific, but we have the 

 word of eminent authority that this is and 

 has been found present in nearly every bee 

 examined and, if it is found in healthy bees, 

 surely we cannot consistently call our newly 

 found disease by this name, nor can we rea- 

 sonably insinuate that this is the cause. 

 The name of " Isle of Wight disease" is 

 tacked on presumably just because our Brit- 

 ish cousins in that vicinity first reported it. 



but it may previously have been prevalent 

 somewhere else in the hands of those who 

 did not report, or, if they did report, only 

 said their bees died. It will be remembered 

 that many who kept bees on the lower Co- 

 lumbia Eiver blamed moldy combs when 

 they first reported that their bees died, but 

 later foul brood was found to be the cause, 

 and moldy combs the result. Likewise, 

 how many have blamed moths for killing 

 bees when their colonies were queenless and 

 the moths simply took advantage of their 

 weakened condition, and finished the job. 



My individual experience with this trou- 

 ble seems to be very much in line with' that 

 of others who have reported. Seemingly all 

 reports agree as to weather conditions at 

 the time of the visitation of the epidemic. 

 A'l yeem to unite on this circumstance, while 



