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776. Now is the time to invite the neighbors and their 

 children to come to see the fun, and taste the golden nectar. 

 Aside from the pleasure of making everybody happy, the 

 present of a few pomids of honey proves an inducement to 

 its use, and an advertisement for the producer. Extracting- 

 day should always be miderstood to mean "free honey to all 

 visitors." Let them visit the honey-room, and if the ladies 

 get their dresses a little daubed while peeping in the ex- 

 tractor, they will soon find out that honey does not stain like 

 grease, but will icash off in warm water. 



777. After the combs are extracted on one side, they 

 are turned over and extracted on the otlier. Mr. Stanley, of 



Fig. 211. 



LARGE FUNNEL AND .«IEVE. 



New York, invented an extractor in which the combs are 

 turned over by simply reversing the motion of the gear. 

 Similar extractors were introduced into England, by Mr. 

 Cowan, several years ago. 



The Cowan extractors, fig. 203, have been improved upon 

 again and again, until now most of the machines are made 

 so that the combs may be reversed without slacking percepti- 

 bly or reversing the motion. The only fault of the reversing 

 extractors is their large size, which renders them rather cum- 

 bersome. 



778. The extractor is fastened on a high platform, so 

 that the honey pail can be put under the faucet. A barrel 

 is in readiness, with the large funnel and sieve over it. This 



