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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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in retailing honey. The machine, besides 

 being strong and accurate, is a very hand- 

 some piece of furniture, as you see. The 

 nnt under the platform takes off the tare. 

 It is as accurate as a balance scale, and very 

 much handier. 



The scale shown in the engraving is repre- 

 sented as weighing 24 lbs.; those we offer 

 for $3.00 only weigh up to 12 lbs., as tins does 

 very well for retailing honey. A 24 tt>. scale 



like the one in the cut, I can furnish for $3.50. 

 I presume a great demand for them, would 

 reduce the price quite materially. 



Those who are studying on scales, should 

 bear in mind the following points. To make 

 a scale that will weigh ounces, you must 

 have a circular dial, for it would string out 

 very long, to have even 12 lbs. graduated by 

 oz., unless we had the divisions very close 

 together, and then old people could not read 



THE "FAVORITE" FAMILY SCALE. 



them. A nice dial with a nicely working 

 hand are rather expensive. Again, if you 

 have the platform work freely up and down, 

 which it must do to record oz. accurately, 

 you must have a broad base to contain the 

 necessary levers. The case to contain these 

 levers must be of cast iron, for wood or tin 

 would not be sufficiently permanent to se- 

 cure accuracy. Scales can be made like 

 those mentioned by friend Kellogg last 

 month, for perhaps a dollar, if you are satis- 



fied with something weighing no nearer than 

 ifb. 



In purchasing bees, and in preparing bees 

 for winter, a scale is very handy; for this 

 work we want one that will weigh 100 lbs. or 

 more, and if it comes within a lb., it will do 

 very well. For this purpose I would recom- 

 mend the German Ice Scale, which weighs 

 from 1 to 300 lbs. I will try and picture it to 

 you next month. They are sold for $1.00, 1 

 believe. 



