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we prefer our two 

 hands, a pair of pli- 

 ers, and a board the 

 right length to wind 

 the wire on. Howev- 

 er, this is another 

 story. There have 

 also been all sorts of 

 plans suggested for 

 wiring — horizontal, 

 vertical, crosswise, 

 combinations of one, 

 two, or all thi'ee, etc. 

 But I propose in this 

 article to give a sim- 

 ple plan of putting 

 full sheets of foun- 

 dation in frames hav- 

 ing four horizontal 

 wires in such a way 

 that the resulting 

 combs are as straight 

 and free from sag- 

 ging as it is possible 

 to expect. 



The plan suggest- 

 ed by Mr. A. B. An- 

 thony, of Sterling, 

 111., reported editor- 

 ially in our August 



