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from the bottom-bar for the other end. Of course these 

 kerfs are to be made on the inside of the end-bar, and 

 none on the outside. Now distribute these 7 pieces at 

 equal distances from one end of the frame to the other, 

 and if you are exact about it the distance between each 

 two will be 1 25-32 inches. Fasten these 7 sticks in by 

 driving one nail down through the top-bar into each, and 

 two nails through the bottom-bar. Before nailing, make 

 sure that each stick faces right, as mentioned further on. 

 Nail upon one side of your frame a piece of wire-cloth to 

 cover it (175/8x9^). Have the nails not more than 2 

 inches apart all around and on each stick. I use bright 

 wire-cloth, extra heavy, with meshes of the usual size 

 in screen-doors. 



You now need 40 pieces of tin, 2x1^ inches to go 

 into all the saw-kerfs. Each piece of tin serves as a 

 shelf, thus dividing up the whole into 48 compartments. 

 You will now see the necessity of having the sticks face 

 each other so as to have the kerfs correspond, as men- 

 tioned a minute ago. Look out for this before you nail 

 the sticks in place. 



To close these compartments, you need 8 pieces of 

 tin, each 10x2 inches. That's y^ inch longer than the 

 depth of the frame, allowing the J^ to be bent over at 

 right angles on the top-bar. To hold these covers in 

 place I use heavy pins bent over. Small screw-hooks of 

 straight pattern might do better. Three are needed in 

 each end-bar, and 6 in each upright. Of course these 

 tin covers are put in at the top and slide down. 



You will see that each of the compartments furnishes 

 a large amount of room, 40 of them being 1 25-32x1 i4x 

 ly^, and the remaining 8 being larger. That gives 

 abundance of room to put in the largest kind of a queen- 

 cell. With each cell is given a ball of candy the size of 

 a pea. 



