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A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



Devoted to the Interests of Honey Producers. 

 $L00 A YEAR. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON. Editor and Publisher. 



VOL. XX. FLINT, MICHIGAN, MAR. 15, 1907. NO. 3 



Hauling" Honey Home from Out- 

 Apiaries to Extract It. 



F. J. MILLER. 



[Mr. F. J. Miller, of London, Ontario, Canada, 

 wrote me some months ago that he was bringing 

 his honey home to extract it, and using a gasoline 

 engine wi;h which to run his extractor; in fact, he 

 said he had revised and changed his whole system. 

 Having great interest in all such problems, 1 asked 

 for particulars. His reply contained so much of 

 interest and profit that 1 begged him to allow me to 

 publish it. He consented, and here it is.— Editor.^ 



London. Canada. Jap. 5. 1907. 



DRIEND HUTCHINSON :-Replying to 

 ^ your request re£ardingf recent changes 

 in my system of work, 1 may say that for 

 several years I was looking" for a small 

 engine that could he handled by one man 

 and readily moved from yard to yard. 

 Failing to find this, 1 concluded to install a 

 heavier engine at home and haul the 

 combs in to extract. 



After looking the difficulties all over, 1 

 commenced to solve them, one by one. 

 and found the plan to have many advant- 

 ages that were pleasing. 



GASOLINE ENGINE FOR RUNNING AN 

 EXTRACTOR. 



In my extracting house, 20 x 20, 

 with good brick cellar, and cement 

 floor under it, 1 placed a two-horse- 

 power. International Harvester Company, 

 gasoline engine. Two belts (one crossed) 

 connected it with a counter-shaft over 

 the extractor. On the counter-shaft were 

 two loose pulleys with a driving pulley 

 between them. I bolted the extractor to 

 the floor; removed the crank-shaft; put- 

 ting a longer one in its place that extended 

 out about 14 inches beyond the can to 

 allow room for a pulley, and give an end- 

 bearing resting in an upright. The pulley 

 on the extractor-shaft is connected, by a 

 short belt two inches in width, to the 

 counter shaft above. 



The extractor is a four-basket, re- 

 versible, with upright shaft running 

 through the bottom of the can in a packed 



