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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



May 15 



COST OF RUNNING. 



Almost every thinking man 

 will want to know, before he buys 

 an engine, how much gasoline and 

 lubricating oil he will have to 

 use; and, furthermore, what the 

 general expense of running the 



Fig. 5.— Detail of driving mechanism; 

 the idler released and the belt loose. 



engine will be. One-horse-power 

 engines of the type here shown 

 consume a quart of gasoline in 

 about ten hours of constant work. 

 If this work during the whole 

 time crowds the engine to its full 

 capacity, about a quart and a half 

 will be used. The lubricating oil 

 is a small item, as there would be 

 no necessity of using over one 

 cent's worth a day. The five dry 

 batteries sent with the engine 

 would last a year at least, unless 

 the engine were running con- 

 stantly ten hours every day, when 

 they would have to be 

 replaced, probably, in 

 from two to six months. 

 But the batteries sent with 

 the average farm engine 

 should last a year, for 



usually they would not 

 be required to give ser- 

 vice every day. New 

 batteries can be pur- 

 chased for 25 cts. apiece, 

 making $1.25 as the to- 

 tal battery expense for a 

 year. The spark - plug 

 should last several 

 years; Ijut to be on the 

 safe side we will as- 

 sume that a new one 

 would have to be pur- 

 chased at the end of 

 the year at a cost of 

 $1.50! We believe that 

 this engine will require 

 very few repairs. If the 

 farmer reads the in- 

 structions intelligently, 

 and is careful to keep 

 the bearings tight, etc., the repair bill would be next to 

 nothing. It will be seen, then, that a one-horse-power 

 engine can be operated for about 8 cts. a day. 



HOW TO CONNECT THE ENGINE TO THE EXTRACTOR. 



The illustrations show that we transmit power from 

 the engine to the extractor by means of a belt which 

 is ordinarily left loose, but which can be tightened at 

 will by means of the idler, so that all slipping is pre- 

 vented, and the extractor-reel begins to turn. Unless 

 an old-style extractor is used in which the reversing of 

 the comb-baskets requires a reversal of the direction 

 in which the reel is turning, there is no I'eason why the 

 reel should turn both ways, 

 Ja hence only one belt is necessary. 

 With this method of working 

 it will be seen that the engine is 



Fig. 6.— Detail of driving mechan- 

 ism; the idler in position and the 

 belt tight. 



FIG. 



-HOW TO OPERATE THE EXTRACTOR. 



To start the extractor, push down on the handle A. This moves the idler, B, up, tightening the belt so that 

 the reel begins to turn. To reverse the baskets release the idler and pull on the brake-lever, E, thus tighten- 

 ing the band, F, and causing the reversing-hub to move slower than the reel. This difference of speed in the 

 motion of the hub and the reel reverses the baskets. 



