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GLEANINGS IN HEE CULTUltE. 



APlt. 



HOW SHALL WE PUT UP OUfi EX- 

 TRACTED HONEY? 



IRON-JACKET CANS DISCARDED. 



fllE package used for liquid honey by 

 the friends in California is, at least 

 for the most ]nirt, a square tin can, 

 either soldered up tight or having a 

 screw cap at the corner to pour out 

 the contents, as shown below. 



OUR NEW 58-LB. HONEY-CAN. 



A square tin of itself would hardly be safe 

 to ship by freight ; but a stout box can be 

 made to cbntain a single can, at an expense 

 not to exceed 7 or Sets.; and where two cans 

 are crated together, which is the usual way 

 the friends in California do it. the outside 

 protecting box can be furnished for an even 

 10 cts. The figui-es above explain the matter 

 so fully, no further description will be nec- 

 essary. The materials required for the can 

 are two sheets of charcoal tin, 14 x 20, and 

 two sheets 10 x 10. By reference to our price 

 list you will find that the tin costs 12 cts. for 

 the body, and about 8 cts. for the top and 

 bottom ; so the materials cost only al)out 20 

 cts. To make the can, you take the two 

 larger sheets and lock them together so as to 

 stand end to end. This gives you a sheet of 

 tin about 14 x 40 inches. Square it up true 

 and accurate, and lock the extreme ends to- 

 gether, making it a sort of oval-shaped can, 

 without top or bottom. Bend it at right an- 

 gles where the seams are, and then between 

 the seams, and your can-body is done, ex- 

 cept the top and bottom. Notch out the 

 corners of your 10 xlO pieces ; fold the edges 

 with a suitable folder, and they will slip on 

 the can tight enough to solder. Put on a 

 screw cap, as shown in the cut, and a handle 

 made of stout wire, and your can is com- 

 plete. 



FRIEND T. P. ANDREWS' UNIVERSAIj HONEY-GATE. 



The above is shown in an enlarged view 



at the left, below the large cut. It is made 

 of a piece of stout charcoal tin, 2* x 8 inches. 

 A piece of heavy leather is fastened by four 

 rivets to this piece of tin. The leather is 2 

 X 3 inches, so that we have i inch of the tin 

 projecting on two sides. Fold this tin which 

 projects, in such a way as to take in the tin 

 slide, as shown in the cut. Before putting 

 the leather on, we solder securely to this 

 piece of tin the loose top of one of the above- 

 mentioned screw caps belonging to the hon- 

 ey-cans. After it is soldered fast, with a 

 suitable i)unch we cut a hole through both 

 cap and tin. This gives us aboney-gate that 

 will tit on any of our square honey-cans, so 

 your grocer need have but one honey-gate, 

 and he can attach it to his square cans as 

 fast as he retails from them. Friend An- 

 drews, the inventor of this honey-gate, writes 

 as follows in regard to the whole apparatus : 



POME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS PACKAGE 

 OVER BARRELS AND KEGS. 



This packag-e bas been used by myself and oth- 

 er bee-keepers here for the past two years, with 

 great satisfaction. The case of 3 flve-gallon cans 

 cost 65 cts. each, with cork nozzle; f) ets. more for 

 screw caps like the one I sent you. They are made 

 by E. T. Mason & Co., 247 Lake St., Chicago. 



It costs less per gallon than the cheapest kegs; 

 and no more, I think, than barrels when waxed. 



The honey in these cans is sealed up air tiglit. It 

 gets no bad taste from the packages. The cans are 

 ready for use (can get them in three or four days). 

 They do not leak. It makes a convenient package 

 for the retail trade, with my honey-gate attached. 

 If the honey becomes thick or granulated, it can be 

 readily liquefied by setting the can on the stove, or 

 in hot water. A case similar to this is largely used 

 by the California bee-keepers. 



Now in regard to the gate. You will see that it 

 can be screwed on to the can in place of the cork- 

 lined screw cap, which is to remain on the can till 

 it is desirable to draw the honey. If, when the gate 

 is screwed on tight, it is not right side up to draw 

 from, it may be unscrewed a little, and a bit of 

 string, or a small rubber band, put around the noz- 

 zle, and the gate screwed up again until it is right 

 side up when tight. To make the honey run freely, 

 a small hole must be pricked in the top of the can, 

 in the corner furthest from the gate. If the gate 

 should leak any, the can may be set on end when 

 the gate is not in use. I have made a dozen or more 

 of these gates, for the use of my customers. In 

 making them I bought the caps— worth $2.00 per 

 100. I cut the tojfs of the caps out with a center-bit, 

 the lip having been filed oif. The corresponding 

 hole in the tin was also cut with the same bit. I do 

 not intend to manufacture them for sale. With 

 heavy tin, and leather of even thickness, I think 

 thcj- can be made tight enough so as not to leak un- 

 der as low a pressure as they would be subjected to 

 on a five-gallon can; and if the gate should leak a 

 little it would not be a very serious objection, as the 

 can may be easily set on end. 



To make the slide work easier, I would suggest 

 that it be made at least 's of an inch narrower than 

 the ways in which it slides. T. P. Andrews. 



Farina, Fayette Co., 111., March 1, 1886. 



In regard to prices of the above, we can 

 furnish a pair of the cans in a box, screw 

 caps and all, for 90 cts. each ; in lots of ten, 

 80 cts. each ; and in lots of 100, 70 cts. each, 



