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barn floor, as I have a door large 

 enough in the barn to carry it gut 

 through. As the pitch of the roof 

 is all one way it will be necessary to 

 make it to have one side two feet 

 higher than the other. I made the 

 upper, or rather the wider side first. 

 The lower side is six feet in height. 

 The upper side is eight feet. To get 

 the side just right, 1 place ray 2x4 for 

 the lower sill of the high side on the 

 floor of the honey house with the edge 

 of the sill flush with one edge of the 

 floor, and tack it there slightly, so as 

 to hold it in place until the side is 

 completed. Now, parallel to this sill, 

 exactly even with it, and two feet and 

 eight and three-fourths inches from the 

 outer edge,I place another 2x4. Then I 

 place another 2x4 seven feet ten and 

 three-quarters inches from the outer 

 edge of the first 2x4 to the outer or 

 upper edge of it, Before fastening 

 this 2x4 to the floor it must have its 

 upper edge beveled off to conform to 

 the roof. Now I cover this with best 

 white pine flooring, the same as the 

 roof, at the ends of the 2x4s. The 

 flooring must project seven-eighths of 

 an inch to receive the ends of the 

 building. As the boards are to be 

 cut eight feet long for the side, it will 

 allow the flooring to project one inch 

 over the lower edge of the lower sill 

 and one-quarter of an inch above the 

 upper 2x4. This allows room for the 

 bevel at the upper edge to conform to 

 the roof. The lower side is made in 

 a similar manner, only it is to be two 

 feet lower, and the 2x4 will project 

 the beveled edge beyond the upper 

 edge of the siding, to conform to the 

 roof. The ends of the building are 

 made in a similar manner. Only the 

 pitch of the roof is allowed for and 



th'> top end of the flooring is cut off 

 square and flush with the upper edge 

 of the upper 2\4. At the lower end 

 the flooring or siding must project 

 the same as the sides. When com- 

 pleted these ends are seven feet eleven 

 and three-quarter inches high at the 

 upper end and three feet at the lower 

 end, and is seven feet ten and a quar- 

 ter inches in width. I have my door 

 in one end. ■ It is 2 feet llAxtl feet 

 4h inches. Tins lets ray large "Stan- 

 ley 4-frame Extractor" pass easily, 

 and is also very convenient for car- 

 rying in full hives of honey. At the 

 opposite end I have a window of one 

 sash 8x10 glass, and two of them on 

 each side. These sash set on top of 

 the middle 2x4, and have a run fixed 

 so that they can be shoved to one side 

 when it is desired to have them open. 

 When moving the house they are 

 taken out. I have wire cloth over 

 the openings on the outside, with bee- 

 escapes at each window. I tried a 

 wire-cloth door, but it is not desira- 

 ble, The Porter escape is not a suc- 

 cess used on the window of a honey 

 house. For the roof get out three 

 2x4s thirteen feet eleven inches long. 

 A block three and a half inches long 

 is to be cut out of each end of the 

 lower edge of these 2x4s, leaving a 

 shoulder to project three and a half 

 inches and two inches square of the 

 upper side next to the roof. Get out 

 two pieces of 1 inch by 2, seven feet 

 eight inches long. Place the three 

 2x4s on the floor of the honey house, 

 even and parallel with the two out- 

 side ones, seven feet eight inches 

 from outside to outside, and the mid- 

 dle one three feet nine and a half 

 inches from the lower one. These 

 2\4s are to set up on the lower edge, 



