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36tli Year. 



CHICAG-O, ILL., MAY 28, 1896. 



No. 22. 



Cutting Foundation for Sections. 



BY F. L. THOMPSON. 



Recently, at the apiary of Rauchfuss Bros., I learned the 

 following plan, "by which I cut 500 full sheets and as many 

 starters as soon as I got home, and think it the best of any I 

 have heard or read of. If any one has a better plan, trot it 

 out. 



A board t, of % or }i inch lumber, is nailed on the edges 

 of two similar pieces, s s. The resulting space between s 

 and s should be of such a width that the block b just fits it, 

 and the width of this block should be the same as the width 

 of the foundation. The length of the boards and block should 

 not be less than the length of the foundation. Before nailing, 

 lines are drawn across the top board, square with its edges, 

 at intervals equal to the depth of foundation wanted. The 

 figure shows what would be necessary to cut a sheet into five 

 equal parts. These lines are a guide to the proper position 

 for the nails, as shown in the figure. 



After nailing, saw-cuts are made where the lines are, 

 through the top board and part way down the side boards. 

 The distance down to be sawed is determined by the number 

 of sheets one finds by trial that he can cut through at once. 

 Care should be taken to make the cuts in the side boards at 

 right angles with the level of the top. 



To use, a number of sheets (f) are laid on the block n, and 

 over them is put the box s s t, which might be called a mitre- 

 box. The left hand presses down the box on the foundation, 

 holding it immovable, while the right hand draws a thin, 

 sharp knife, lubricated with honey, or honey and water, 

 quickly through each of the saw-cuts, employing a single 

 stroke for each cut. 



One may have, if he wishes, two sets of saw-cuts in the 

 same mitre-box, one set for one depth of sheet, and one for 

 another ; or he may make the cuts closer together, for 

 starters. 



The advantages are the great rapidity with which the 

 work is done; the cleanness of the cuts, the edges never being 

 torn and ragged ; and the squareness of the sheets or starters. 



Arvada, Colo. 



Interesting Experiences in Marketing Honey. 



BY MRS. BRITTANIA J. LIVINGSTON. 



What I-know about marketing honey? "That powder 

 has been shot." It made quite a noise, too. My report in 

 Farm, Stock and Home, of finding the whole honey-trade of 

 a large retail store blocked by a few unsightly sections was 

 quoted quite extensively. 



"I can't sell honey," said the merchant plaintively point- 

 ing to the article that had ornamented (?) his window for 

 months. There were crushed bees still imbedded in the pro- 

 polis that freely stuck to the cholera-spotted sections. The 

 honey itself was of fair quality — the untidy wood surrounding 

 it was repelling. After showing a sample of honey put up on 

 scientific principles, I offered to take his honey off his hands 

 at half price, in exchange for mine. He gladly accepted my 

 offer, and is one of my best customers to-day, being especially 

 partial to honey of a fancy grade. 



My sales are mostly made to merchants in the little towns 

 within 20 miles. It does not always bring cash, but we never 

 have trouble in exchanging it for family supplies. 



Many are very successful in traveling with a sample case, 

 and taking orders to be delivered on a certain date, but I 

 think few lady bee-keepers have time for that. The most of 

 us have many other duties, which compel us to market our 

 honey in the most expeditious manner. 



There is none of us so far from market as they who have 

 nothing to sell. With the most of us there must be months of 

 planning, of sewing, canning and home-making, in order to 

 have the time to give to the bees just when it will tell the 

 best, for honey to market. 



First, get your honey. Heard something like that before, 

 haven't you ? After you get you honey, then get acquainted 

 with the store-keepers, or rather, make them acquainted with 

 your honey. I can't see where any difficulty should arise 

 against working up a fine home trade. At least I have ne^er 

 found any trouble except from one cause. One year I had 

 several hundred pouuds of dark honey. It was in fine shape, 

 in white, clean sections, and sold on sight at all the stores. 

 But I had not then kept bees long enough to know anything 

 about a black-strap sort of honey. I never saw anything like 



