1878 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



385 



WEIGHING our HONFY FOR KETAIIi 

 PUK POSES. 



*^^^IIO has not felt what a nuisance it is, 

 wM to be obliged to weigh the plate, pail, 

 ='=' or disli, in which honey is wanted, 

 and then to subtract this weigiit from the 

 gross weight of the whole, without making 

 mistakes. A great deal of the time, I forget 

 to Aveigh the dish a neighbor has handed me; 

 at other times, unless I put it down with a 

 pencil, I forget how much the plate weighed; 

 and then, most liumiliating of all, I have to 

 confess I make mistakes in subtracting. 

 More thcin this, there seems to be a kind of 

 fatality in my mistakes, for they are almost 

 always— so it seems— in my favor; and then 

 my friends have some reason for thinking 

 that I made them on purpose. Well, a few 

 days ago, I saw an advertisement of the 

 scale whicli I tigure below. As it came from 

 the well known firm of Chattillon of N. Y., 

 I thought it must certainly be a good one. 



be set with a variation of asmuchasapound 

 and a half. Tlie diHiculty seems to be in the 

 friction of the steel rod in its bearings, es- 

 pecially, if the weight is the least bit on one 

 side. To remedy this, the manufacturer 

 has put in a i)air of steel rollers at the bot- 

 tom, but still tlie scale is not near sensitive 

 enough. Now I have taken all this space to 

 describe a worthless thing, because I tliink 

 that i)erhaps some of you, my friends, may 

 have ingenuity enough to devise a scale that 

 will meet our wants. It should work so eas- 

 ily as to record even a (piarter of an ounce, 

 and I sliould like the price to be not over 

 50c., if the thing is possible. I have com- 

 menced "walking" on it, but it don't quite 

 come. The one described ab(n'e is patented, 

 and I think tliat must be wliat is the matter 

 with it. 



HUTCHINSON'S FOOT 

 SAW. 



POWER 'BIVAX 



FTER reading tlie description on the 

 lirst page of tliis number, oiu' engraver 



' tried liis liand at giving you a sketch 

 of the macliine as it i)robabiy looks, wliich I 

 submit to vou ])elow : 





SCALE FOR WEIGHING HONEY. 



At the top of the iron standard, just under 

 the tin dish, is a brass cap, \\ith a milled 

 edge. By turning this ca]), the point that 

 stands on 0, in the cut, will be made to move 

 up and down. Very well; suppose a custo- 

 mer brings a pitcher for some honey. Set it 

 on the scale, and the pointer sinks, until it 

 tells the weiglit of it. Pay no attention to 

 this, but turn the brass cap imtil the pointer 

 again stands at 0; now you are ready to let 

 your honey run in until the pointer tells the 

 number of pounds he asked for. I ordered 

 a dozen of them at once. Tliey cost $1.00 

 each, and retail for $1.25. All right. A 

 plate was set on the tin dish, the brass cap 

 turned, a section of honey laid thereon and 

 weighed correctly, but I thought tlie index 

 seemed to move a little by "iiitches." Ah it 

 was advertised to weigh up to 12 lbs., I next 

 tried our big dictionary. The hitches were, 

 with this, even worse, and the index could 



HOME MADE, FOOT POWER BUZZ SAW. 



To stiffen the cut olf bar and liold it ex- 

 actly square, we use a brace on the sliding 

 bar, which is seen on the floor at the side of 

 the macliine. This brace is put on so as to 

 cut exactly a square mitre. The whole ar- 

 rangement looks so miich like a figure 4, 

 that we have given it that name in our work 

 shop. Tlie machine must be very firmly 

 screwed to the fioor, and braced so that it 

 will not twist or shake. The balance wheel 

 must also be very accurately balanced before 

 the counter balance is added. Everytliing 

 must work true, smoothly, and easily. If 

 you want a larger balance to get a higher 

 speed, let it go down into the fioor, or have 

 a box or platform to stand on, while operat- 

 ing it. 



Errata.- On page 329, Oct. No., the address (if 

 Mollie O. Large, instead of Pino Hill Apiary, Millers- 

 ville, Pa., should read. Pine Hill Apiarj-. Millers- 

 ville, 111. 



We regret this mistake very much, as many may 

 have sent letters containing- money for the seed of 

 the spider plant. Will those who have done so, 

 please take notice. 



The money will pro))ably be returned through the 

 dead letter office. 



Also, in the article, "Queens by Mail," E. B. 

 Plunket's address is given, Rome, Ga.; it should 

 read Atlanta, Ga. 



