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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Ai'RiL, 1921 



SWEET CLOVER SEED HUI-LER AND 

 SCARIFIER. 



Here is a homemade scarifier that A. I. 

 Eoot thinks is a good thing and suggests 

 that it be Illustrated in this department. 

 Dear Mr. Root: 



To make a clovpr liuller and scarifier that gives 

 good results, cut pieces as follows: 1 hoard, 12 

 inclie.s wide, 30 inches Ions; 2 i)iecps, 1 inch by 1'/^ 

 inches, 30 inches lona:; 1 piece .same dimensions, 9 



Fig. 1. — Homemade huller and scarifier. Rubber- 

 board refmoved and leaning; asrainst bed in which 

 It fits. 



inclies long; 2 pieceis, 1 inch by 1 inches, 12 inches 

 long. 



Nail edgeways the 1 x l-incli pieces across tlie 

 12-inch board 1 inch from ends on bottom side; 

 ne.\t put li^-inch strips edgeways 9 inches apart 

 and the 9-inch strip between long ones at the top. 

 Tliis completes a bed for the rubber to fit in. For 

 the rublier, use a board 20 inches long and 9 inches 

 wide. Take a piece 1 x 1 x 9 inches long, bore a 



2. — Method iif 



using honicni: 

 scarifier. 



Iiolo in center and |iut a jiiccc of broom handle <i 

 inches long in this hole for a handle. Nail Ihis 

 crossways of the rubber board 6 or 8 inches from 

 the end. Give the rubber board a little bevel on 

 nnder corner at upper end of lioai'd, to let seed feed 

 under easier. Next put two sheets of coarse emery 



<doth on the liotfom of the rubber, using .small tacks 

 like those Tised in making plant baskets, berry crates, 

 and window curtains; also put two sheets in the 

 bottom-board between the strip, the top edge of the 

 cloth being 8 inches from the end of board, tacking 

 the cloth about 1 inch between tacks around the 

 edges to keep the seed from working under. Tack 

 heads should be driven down below the surfacei of 

 the emery or they will soon cut out the emery 

 cloth. Sandpaper will do if emery cannot be had, 

 but it does not last long. 



You can feed with one hand and rub with the 

 other. Do not draw the rubber up to the end of the 

 board, and keep a supply of seed above. By giving 

 this huller about 30 degrees pitch, the seed will 

 roll down and feed itself from the supply at the 

 upper end of the bed-board. 



Both wide boards should be planed and true-faced, 

 not warped. If they are not true the cloth will soon 

 wear out on the full spots, and the seed will Klip 

 between, unhulled. This outfit will hull 90 per cent 

 of the seed that goes thru. If you want to make the 

 huller a little handier, bore a % -inch hole in the 

 center of the rubber board, 21/^ inches from the 

 upper end. Take a % -gallon bucket, cut a hole in 

 the bottom to fit the hole in the board, and then tack 

 it to the board. By filling the bucket with seed and 

 slightly raising the upper end of the rubber board, 

 the seed will run out the hole from the bucket and 

 feed between the emery cloths. Screen the seeds by 

 u-sing a pan-shaped flour-sifter. It has just the right 

 meish wire, and the unhulled can be put thru the 

 huller again. The huller not only hulls, but scarifies 

 the seed at the same time. By using a little energj' 

 and skill a bushel of se«d can be cleaned in a day, 

 and it is as clean as any bought from the seed store. 



Ludlow, Ky., Dec. 17. 1920. S-. Rouse. 



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STATEMENT OP OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, 

 CIRCULATION, ETC., OP GLEANINGS IN BEE 

 CULTURE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT 

 MEDINA, OHIO, REQUIRED BY THE ACT 

 OP AUGUST 24, 1912. 



Editor, E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio; Managing 

 Editor, H. G. Rowe, Medina, Ohio; Publisher, The 

 \. I. Root Co. ; Stockholders, holding 1 per cent or 

 more stock, as follows: Boyden, A. L. ; Boyden. 

 Carrie B. ; Boyden, Constance R. ; Bovden, L. W. ; 

 Calvert, J. T. ; Calvert, Maude R. ; Root, A. I. : 

 Root, E. R. ; Root, H. H. ; Root, Susan; Calvert, 

 Howard R. ; Ti-ustees of Employees Profit Sharing 

 Fund; Trustees of Employees Pension Fund. Mort- 

 gagee holding 1 pea- cent or more of real estate mort- 

 gage covering New York property recently acquired, 

 P. T. Wilson Estate. E. R. ROOT, Editor. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th 

 day of March, 1921. H. C. WEST, Notary Public. 



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 Patent Counsel of The A. I. Root Co. 



Chas. J. Williamson, McLachlan Building, 

 WASHINGTON, D. C, 



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