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4. With such a construction the end-cleats serve 

 every purpose of hand-holds, and at the same time 

 admit of carrying- the crates in the most convenient 

 position; also of carrying- the combs in the safest 

 position, which is to and from the carrier. 



5. It shows off the honey to the best advantage. 



6. As you say on page 756, a case thus con- 

 structed is light and durable, and better protects its 

 contents from breakage. 



7. Such small crates not only ship safer, but sell 

 more leadily. With them our commission men catch 

 a great deal of retail trade, and our retail dealers 

 often induce a customer to take a whole crate. 



This is not all; but this article is getting long, and 

 I desire to say that when these crates are made of 

 white basswood, nicely dressed, they are handsome 

 to look upon. Our experience teaches us that, es- 

 pecially with crates and sections, the best and 

 nicest are cheapest. Trusting that your readers 

 clearly understand the principles and advantages 

 of the construction of the shipping-crate in ques- 

 tion, it gives me pleasure to say to Bro. Hutchin- 

 son's inijuiring friends, as well as to all, that I glad- 

 ly grant to all the privilege of making any and all 

 of my inventions or devices connected with this 

 crate. James Heddon. 



Dowagiac, Mich., Dec. 7, 188,5. 



Very good. I'liend II.. and I beg pardon 

 for saying there was not any thing particu- 

 larly new about this little case. Your seven 

 reasons are all good ones; and while the 

 case is nothing particularly new, it accom- 

 plislies a good many things that no other 

 case accomplished in just that way before. 

 You invented the case, and Hro. llntchin- 

 son invented the six-cent price on it. We 

 liave had an engraving made, because our 

 readers will catch hold of the special ideas 

 so much better with the picture right before 

 them. The question has been asked several 

 times, if friend Hutchinson furnishes glass 

 also with the six cents. We have replied 

 that we thought he did not; bnt perhaps he 

 had better so state it, in his advertisements 

 or otherwise. 



THE SOLAR WAX-EXTRACTOR. 



THE HEAT OF THE SUN IN CA t.IKOHN I A. 



fRIEND J. P. Israel's description of his sun 

 wax-extractor and its work (page 775 of 

 Gleanings), is perfectly correct. If you will 

 look at my article on "The California Sun- 

 Strainer (p. SJJ), current volume of Gi.ean- 

 INGS), you will see that it was formerly used exclu- 

 sively for separating the honey from the wax, here. 

 Even now it is indispensable to any California apia- 

 rist, as all the capping? (from extracting), all broken 

 combs and scraps, and all comb honey, which from 

 any cause has become unsalable, may be melted up, 

 and the honey, wax, and refuse completely separat- 

 ed at one process. If a chunk of wax, or an empty 

 new comb be left outdoors in the summer, in an 

 iron pan, or in an inverted hive-cover, it Avill melt 

 and soon become bleached to a snow-white. Dur- 

 ing the summer, the iron parts of a wagon or any 

 other article or tool of iron will, in the middle of 

 the day, become so hot from the rays of the sun 

 that ope cai> not takeholdof it with the naked hand. 



I have sometimes left a wooden paddle in the sun- 

 strainer, and found it too warm for immediate 

 handling. We have no need of steam wax-extract- 

 ors here, except, perhaps, late in the fall, when the 

 sun shines too obliquely to have full effect. 



There has never, to my knowledge, been written 

 an article on the sun-strainer, or sun wax-extractor, 

 as you call it, which, as fully as the above-mention- 

 ed article of mine, describes the apparatus, its con- 

 struction and use, and I think it will pay any one to 

 read it over again, before attempting to improve on 

 the original, or to invent something else for that 

 purpose. No doubt, reflectors of bright tin, if prop- 

 erly attended to, would increase the effect; but if 

 they are liable to be neglected, they had better be 

 left off altogether, and the sun alone depended on 

 to do its work through the glass. 



Wm. Muth-Rasmussen. 



Independence, Cal., Nov. 30, 1885. 



Friend M.. I beg pardon if I seemingly 

 overlooked the great service you have done 

 in describing the solar wax - extractor as 

 you use it; but in reading your article we 

 took into consideration tlie great amount 

 of extra heat given off by the sun"s rays in 

 your State, as above, and therefore we did 

 hot feel certain that it was practicable liere 

 in our latitude. When friend Green inform- 

 ed us, however, that the heat of the sun is 

 ample, right here in the North, as it w-ere, it 

 gave us an additional stirring-up ; and while 

 there is no need of reflectors or looking- 

 glasses with you, it seems to me they would 

 be quite a help here. 



PERTAINING TO BEE CULTURE. 



MORE about "$800 A VEAR " IN RAISING CARP. 



F our readers will turn topage 827 of oui- 



last issue, and read the communication 



from W. Uaird, with our comments, 



then turn to page 829. and read " A Carp 



Swindle.'' by Milton P. Feirce, they will 



be prepared to connect the two after reading 



the following from the Fai-m and Fireside of 



December 1 : 



We caution our rcad(M-s against a certain "U. S. 

 Fish" comitimy, Mominally local. -d at Cohinilnis. ()., 

 and whose circulars an- hcin-- distributed broad- 

 cast over the country, thanks to the gullibility of 

 certain agricultural editors, who have given free 

 advertising to this "Co.." through the medium of 

 an innocent-appearing letter nominally written by 

 one W. Baird. of Pittsburgh, Pa., in which is depict- 

 ed the wonderful success a poor farmer has had in 

 raising the mortgage from his farm by raising $800 

 worth of carp on an eighth of an acre of land ! It is 

 simplv a new dodge of the old J. M. Bain gang, of 

 New Concord or Zanesville, Ohio. The gang, which 

 under its varh)us aliases of the " North American 

 Poultry Association," the " U. S. Incubator Co.," 

 etc., etc., has made a most unsavory reputation. 

 The purpose of the present scheme is to induce 

 gudgeons to send $1 to the "U. S. Fish Co." for a 

 " book " on flsh culture. This " book," if it materi- 

 alizes at all, will be a pamphlet which might be 

 worth 10 or 15 cents, if the matter it contains had 

 any value, but which will in reality be worth just 

 so much waste paper. 



Will our agricultural papers please take 

 notice? and if thev have given publicity to 

 this swindle, will they correct it by warning 

 their readers accordingly? 



