JULY 1, 1914 



Home-inade wax-press with tank on stove for melting old combs and cappings. 



2V2 lbs. of wax from ten old L. combs, so 1 

 don't think I leave vev}- much wax in the 

 slumg'um. 



At the chise of the raspberry-honey har- 

 vest we took the honey ot¥ ancl stored it in 

 the bee-cellars, so the bees could not mix 



Fourhorse power engine tliat uses kerosene tor tuel. 

 indicates auxiliary tank holding gasoline for tise in startin 



buckwheat honey with it. It was late in 

 October when I finished my new buildin.r;', 

 got the line-shaft up, and the engine and 

 machinery installed. Then we hauled the 

 honey and piled it up in the shop, built a 

 fire in the stove, and warmed it up a little, 

 then started extract- 

 ing. As I turned on 

 the power and stood 

 watching the extract- 

 or-reel spinning like a 

 top, rapidly throwing 

 out the thick waxy 

 honey, my dream of 

 years had come to pass. 

 About the first thought 

 that came to my mind 

 was, " What a' lot of 

 honey we have left 

 sticking to the combs ! 

 what a lot of hard 

 work we have done 

 that could all have 

 been saved if we had 

 only bought a power 

 outfit years ago ! '' 



I am already longing 

 for next summer to 

 come, so we can use 

 our new outfit again. 

 The beekeeper who has 

 a steam-heated uncap- 

 piiig-knife, a power 

 outfit, always iiiclud- 



1 he white cross 



