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GLKANfXf;S IX 15KK CUJ/rUUK. 



Aplt. 



First nail these pieces together with the U- 

 incli wire nails, four in each corner ; then 

 slide the thin middle pieces into place. The 

 lower edge of these sliould be Just o-lO of an 

 inch from the lower edge of the side-piece. 

 This can be done very easily by having a 

 guage-block or a piece of wood, say U inch 

 wide, 5-lG thick, and 12 in. long. These 

 middle pieces are to be nailed with 1-inch 

 nails. The strips of tin are to be nailed 

 with f nails ; and those partly folded, with 

 i-inch nails, and clinched on tlie outside. 

 Care should be taken, wlien nailing on the 

 strips ; for unless a board is placed for them 

 to rest on, they are lialjle to move. 



PRICKS. 



Single crate, nailed up, 20 cts.; 10, $1.80; 

 100, $16.00. Price in flat, singly, lO cts.; 10, 

 $1.35; 100, $12.00. These prices include the 

 necessary strips of tin, and nails for nailing 

 them lip. 



There are two objections to using the 

 above crate in place of the combined crate 

 advertised in our price list. The first is, 

 that separators can not well be used in con- 

 nection with tliem, or, at least, it will be so 

 much more machinery to make and use a 

 separator for every section. If you are go- 

 ing to use this crate, make up your mind to 

 dispense with separators. Stcond, the bees 

 have access to the bottom of eveiy se(;lion. 

 Our Michigan friends claim that the use of 

 the honey-board prevents any wax of any 

 Recount being put on the bottom-boards of 

 sections. I would advise using these cases 

 with 32 sections, seven to the foot. If you 

 want to tier them up, of course you will 

 have to have open-top sections ; when not 

 tiered up, just spread your enamel cloth over 

 the top. if it does not lie down close, put a 

 board on it until the bees fasten it. In tier- 

 ing up, put this same enamel sheet on the 

 upper tier. 



I tliink these crates will answer very well 

 for sending sections to market ; and in lieu 

 of a better case they will do to retail from. 

 The partitions have the effect of holding 

 sections very true and square. This is quite 

 an item with the one-piece sections, for if 

 they are true and square when the bees com- 

 mence working in tliem, they will remain 

 true and square after they are 'filled. 



WIRE CLOTH FOR DIFFERENT PUR- 

 POSES, AT A LOW PRICE. 



WIRE CI.OTH FOR POULTKV 1 NCI.OSTI KKS, AS Wp:r.r, 

 AS FOR SCREEN-DOOHP. 



f!N enormous trade in wire cloth has 

 started up since the job lots we have 

 purchased. In fact, so many orders 

 have come for the s:imv lot that we 

 induced a large manufacture]- of wire 

 cloth, by taking, at a single time, between 

 $oOO and $(i()0 worth, to furnish us I'egular 

 first-class goods at llu> same low figure we 

 have been giving ; namely. U cts. per s(i. ft. 

 But in ordir to furnish" it at this i)rice it 

 must be sold in whole lots, running fioni 100 

 to 400 feet in a ))iece, and running from 12 to 

 40 inches in widtli. This wire cloth is just 

 the thing for screen-doors, for confining 

 bees, or for any thing of the sort. As soon 



as a lot is received, a list of the widths and 

 number of feet in a piece will be published. 

 Wei!, while we have been about it we 

 have also seciu-ed a very low figure for gal- 

 vanized wire netting for poultry inclosures. 

 We give a cut of this below: 



GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING FOR POULTRY IN- 

 CLOSURES, ETC. 



This wire netting comes in rolls 150 feet 

 in length and 4 feet in width. This would 

 give €00 sq. ft. of surface, and we are en- 

 abled to furnish it at the low price of one 

 cent per sq. ft., or $6.00 for a piece. Staples 

 for fastening to the posts are 20 cts. per lb., 

 and a pound contains about 400 staples. 

 The posts to hold it should be not more than 

 10 ft. apart, and it should be set in the 

 ground at least 2 ft. You can put down a 

 top rail, if you choose, but the selvage edge 

 of the netting makes a pretty strong fence ; 

 and as the fowls can not see it they can not 

 tell how high to fly ; and after being 

 bumped down several times they usually 

 give it up. In putting it on the posts, draw 

 the top of the selvage tight, and afterward 

 draw the bottom down and fasten that. 

 You can put a board a foot wide along the 

 bottom, if you choose. This will prevent 

 small chickens from getting through, and 

 makes the fence one foot higher. One ad- 

 vantage this netting has overwooden pick- 

 ets is, that it does not catch the wind as they 

 do, and therefore the posts are not so liable 

 to be tipped over ; besides, it presents a very 

 much more ornamental appearance, as you 

 will see by the cut. The meshes are two 

 inches across ; and whei'e the wire crosses it 

 is securely soldered together, for the whole 

 fabric is immersed in melted zinc after the 

 whole is woven together. The size of wire 

 used is No. 19. This galvanized wire never 

 rusts, so it will last a lifetime, unless it is 

 damaged by carelessly running into it. If 

 you want to make division fences, so as to 

 keep different breeds from the same yard, it 

 is belter to have a board at the bottom at 

 least one foot wide, so the fowls can not be 

 gossiping through the wire, and pecking at 

 one another. You will notice that one roll 

 makes a yard lu^arly 40 feet square, and this 

 is plenty large enough for 20 or ;;0 fowls. 

 Another advantage this netting has over 

 wooden pickets is, that yon can see what is 

 going on inside so readily. Tlie wind, also, 

 has frfe access, which is (juite an item dur- 

 ing sultiy weather. It should be shipped by 

 freight. The weight of a single bale is 

 about 50 lbs. It may be shipped from here 

 or from New York, as may be convenient. 



