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will find a woeful lack of gradation in the high 

 lights; and when the latter are first rate, the shad- 

 ows are merely black smudges. Now, these ef- 

 fects are often very pleasant pictorially; but (and 

 a big but, Mr. Editor, because you are interested 

 here) from such prints are made very poor repro- 

 ductions for magazine use. When you send a 

 photograph to the editor for reproduction, not 

 onlyTOu but that gentleman and his readers want 

 it to be good; and it is up to you to send him a 

 print that is worth while. The engraver prefers 

 lo work from a glossy print on priming out pa- 

 per such as "solio." and he likes a little red left 

 in the shadows. So if you are going to send a 

 pSotograph to the editor for reproduction, please 

 make it on solio; and if you are too lazy to tone 

 it in ihe single bath, just invest in a bottle of fix- 

 ing and toning solution and let the print lie in it 

 until all the red is gone excepting from the shad- 

 ows. 



A solemn word of warning in conclusion. 

 The lighting principles that have been advanced 

 are not intended for portraiture; though, alas! the 

 beginning amateur tackles them first, rushing in 

 where masters fear to tread. 



X'ictoria, B. C. 



A NEW HONEY-STRAINER. 



BY S. T. PETTIT. 



I believe that there is nothing better than 

 I heese-cloth for straining honey; for when the 

 c^oth becomes clogged with cappings, etc., so 

 that the honey runs through too slowly it may 

 be hung over the 

 sideof a pail to drain, 

 and a fresh piece of 

 cloth used without 

 loss of time. To 

 cit-aa a piece of 

 cheese-cloth, hold it 

 by two corners and 

 dip it in lukewarm 

 or even cold water, 

 lifting it up and 

 down. It should not 

 be rubbed, for this 

 woiks the wax into 

 the cloth. 



For several years 

 we have been usinga 

 strainer that pleases 

 us very much. It is 

 shown in the ac- 

 companying illus- 

 tration. The out- 

 side can is about 16 

 inches in diameter 

 and 9 inches high 

 In the center of the 

 bottom is a tube 2 

 in. long and 2 in. in diameter. Inside of the tin 

 can is a wire-cloth basket of about half-inch 

 me-^h, 15 inches in diameter, and 8 inches high. 

 This is supported half an inch above the bottom 

 of the tin can; and since it is smaller in diameter 

 there is at least a half-inch space between the sides 

 of this basket and the side of the can. It can be 

 seen that this wire-cloth basket is used to keep 

 the cheese cloth (which is tucked down into it) 



away from the sides of the can so as to provide 

 the largest straining surface possible. 



As can be seen, this strainer is set directly over 

 the barrel if desired, although it may be used, of 

 course, over any honey-can. 



The chief advantage of this strainer is that a 

 large straining surface is provided in a very small 

 space, and there is no fine wire cloth to get clog- 

 ged with cappings, etc. Furthermore, it strains 

 and delivers the honey in a closed-up cleanly 

 way, protecting it from insects, dust, and dirt. 



Aylmer, Ont., Can. 



[In our opinion this strainer has exceptional 

 merit. When all is said and done, there is prob- 

 ably no better material for a honey-strainer than 

 cheese-cloth when the thoroughness of straining 

 is taken into consideration as well as the case of 

 cleaning. The great trouble with cheese-cloth 

 as ordinarily used, tied over the top of a can, is 

 the relatively small amount of straining surface 

 afforded, and the time required for replacing the 

 clogged-up cloth. In the Pettit strainer we be- 

 lieve that these objections have been fully over- 

 come. It is a well-known fact that a vertical 

 straining surface is not as easily clogged as a hor- 

 izontal one; and since there is a large amount of 

 vertical surface in this strainer the cloth will not 

 quickly become clogged; but when it does, it 

 may be drawn over to one side, the corners 

 brought together and tied so that they will not 

 slide down into the can, and in this way the 

 work is not delayed. As soon as most of the 

 honey is drained out of the clogged cloth it may 

 be taken out and rinsed later. Our authority 

 on this statement is Mr. Morley Pettit, who 



BOTTOM or STRAINER TO 

 SHOW SUPPORTS FOR 

 WIRE BASKET. 



THE PETTIT HONEY-STRAINER. 



A handy can adapted for holdioe cheese-cloth without the use of strings or wires, in sach a way 

 the Ereatest possible amount of surface is secured in a small space. 



has used this strainer for several years with the 

 greatest satisfaction 



For the largest apiaries possibly a somewhat larg- 

 er can would be necessary; but even if this were 

 the case it would still be more compact than al- 

 most any other strainer of equal capacity. Mr. 

 Pettit also devised a frame-work for the inside to 

 increase the straining surface, but it seems to us 

 that this would hardlv be needed — Ed ] 



