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rapidly growing in favor. These are used with "fences," to 

 be described, and in the ordinary supers (Fig. 106). 



Heretofore there have been two prevailing sizes of sec- 

 tions in use in the United States — the prize section (Fig. 105), 

 which is five and one-fourth by six and one-fourth inches, and 

 the one-pound section (Fig. 104), which is four and one-fourth 

 inches square. The latter is coming rapidly to the front, as 



Fig. 107. 



Plain Sections in Super, Showing Fence. — From A. I. Root Co. 



honey in it sells more readily than if in a larger section. Even 

 half-pound sections have taken the lead in the Boston and 

 Chicago markets. It is barely possible that these small sections 

 will rule generally in the markets of the future. They would 

 often sell more readily, and are far better to ship, as the combs 

 will seldom if ever break from the sections. If, in arranging 

 our sections, we desire to have them oblong, we would better 

 make them so that they will be longest up and down. Mr. D. 

 A. Jones finds that if so made they are filled and capped much 

 sooner (Fig. 108). Captain J. E. Hetherington prefers the 

 oblong section, being one which is three and seven-eighths by 

 five inches. Mr. Danzenbaker uses one which is four by five 

 inches. He thinks honey in such sections (Fig. 108) sells for a 

 higher price. In the depth of the section, which fixes the 

 thickness of the comb, a change from the common style seems 

 to be desirable. Heretofore they have been generally made 

 two inches deep. With such sections we must use separators 

 to secure perfect combs. Dr. Miller uses separators, and pre- 

 fers a depth of one and five-sevenths, or two inches. By 

 reducing the depth to from one and three-eighths to one and 



