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your lever long enough, and things fixed 

 as they should be, you will bring hundreds 

 and thousands of pounds to bear on the 

 sack, and thus have a better pressure 

 than with any of the wax-presses made, 

 as none of these, with which I am ac- 

 quainted, can give a rocking pressure 

 while squeezing. 



After a little you will have reduced the 

 bulk in the sack so you can again shake 

 the debris down and re-tie the sack so that 

 the plank end will cover the whole, when 

 with another pressure with the rocking 

 motion every last particle of wax can be 

 brought out to rise on top of the water in 

 the kettle. Being sure that the wax is all 

 out, you can hang a weight on the lever 

 and leave it. Don't dip off the wax un- 

 less you have lots of time, and consider it 

 . only fun to do so. for 1 assure you that 

 the next morning you will find it all caked 

 nicely on top of the water, when you can 

 break it up and get it ready for a second 

 melting and moulding, which all wax 

 should have before being put on the mar- 

 ket or for using in making foundation. 



After taking off the wax, take out the 

 sack, empty out the refuse and rinse and 

 dry the sack, when it and the rest of the 

 implements used in this rendering are to 

 be stored away for future use. 



1 know the description of this seems 

 quite long, but I believe that in practice 

 it is the shortest known process to get 

 out a large lot of wax from old comb, 

 and has to its advantage that no large 

 sum of money has to be paid out for a 

 wax press or extractor. If you think the 

 iron-kettle holder too expensive, set the 

 kettle on three stones. If stones are used, 

 they should first be subjected to heat, 

 else they may fly to pieces and upset the 

 wax. 



There is one feature about the above 

 arrangement that especially recommends 

 it, and that is the continued releasing and 

 reapplying of the pressure while the slum 

 gum is submerged in hot water. It is 

 upon this feature that the Hershirer press 

 depends for its effectiveness. When the 

 pressure is removed, the hot water rushes 

 into the mass; when the pressure is 

 again applied the water is forced out, 

 bringing with it a portion of the wax. 

 This process continued, as it will be with 

 the rocking movement, finally brings out 

 the last Dossible particle of wax. I am 

 inclined to the belief that, especially for 

 old combs, no plan is superior to this one 

 described by Bro. Doolittle. 



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HONEY EXTRACTORS 



FOR SALE 



1 have for sale a bran new. Cowan, reversible, 

 two-frame extractor, baskets the right size for ex- 

 tracting Langstroth combs. The regular price of 

 such an extiactor is $1 1.50, but I'll sell this for an 

 even $10.00. It is strictly new, never been used — 

 not even been taken from the crate in which it was 

 shipped by the A. 1. Root Co. 



1 have another extractor exactly like this, except 

 that it has been in use two or three seasons, but it is 

 in perfect order, and practically, as good as ever. 

 Would sell it for S8. 00. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint. Mich. 



WANTED— To buy, for cash, comb and extracted 

 honey, also beeswax. 



ROOT. A. HOLEKAMP & SON, 

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OCpTiniJO One-piece, strictly first-ciass, of all 

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