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frame, and a churn gear furnished the power. But the fly netting 

 which we employed as screen for the baskets was too flimsy and 

 allowed the combs to bulge in the baskets, so as to break. Add 

 to this the fact that we did not yet have super frames but had 

 to extract from full-sized brood combs, that our combs were not 

 very straight in the frames, since comb foundation was not yet 

 in use, and you will realize how much trouble it was to extract 

 honey in the pioneer days. 



But the honey was splendid — what we did secure — so much 

 so that the first dealer to whom we offered it replied very tartly 

 that he did not want any sugar syrup; that whenever he did 

 want some, he could make it himself; that he knew honey when 

 he saw it and had never seen any that light in color. 



The coarseness of the extractor was not the only disagree- 



ing. 46. Robber Cloth and pan protect the supers from robbers during 



extracting 



