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got it down I turned it up and pawed up the contents. TJie 

 screw was continuous pressure because I kept it going all the 

 time. The lever went down a good deal quicker, but I could 

 not see any advantage or difference whether it went down 

 quickly or slowly. 



Dr. Miller — In actual practice you wouldn't expect some 

 one to be there all the time. 



Mr. Root — I was at it to keep it turned down all the 

 time until I put it up and pawed it over. 



Dr. Miller — You can't work for me ! [Laughter.] 



Mr. Moore — Would it be a good idea to work a solar 

 extractor and the steam wax-press together, in order to work 

 over the material that comes from the solar? 



Mr. Root — I think that would be a very good plan. The 

 wax that comes from the solar is such a good quality — nice, 

 clear and clean. 



Mr. Moore — Would you think it more economical to do 

 the entire work with the steam-oress? 



Mr. Root — That's a pretty big question. The solar wax- 

 extractor is handy to have aroimd to throw wax into. 



Mr. Wilcox — With the solar wax-extractor you save 

 nearly every ounce of honey. 



Mr. Root— That's true. 



Mr. Wilcox — I would use the solar, anyway. 



Mr. Root — I think it is economical to use the solar in 

 connection with the others, but I wouldn't depend on that 

 entirely, because I don't think that it gets more than hali- 

 the wax out. i 



Mr. Moore — Do you consider the German wax-press em- 

 bodies all the best principles that are known to-day as carried 

 out by your experiments? 



Mr. Root — You put me in a rather embarrassing position. 



Mr. Moore — You are simply an expert. Tell us what 

 you think. 



Mr. Root — I got just as good results with the steam- 

 press and the hot-water press. I couldn't find any advantage 

 in the actual result one over the other, but the hot water 

 took a great deal more time than the other and was mussv. 



Mr. Starkey — Did you find that you got all the wax by 

 either process? 



Mr. Root — No. I found that if I kept on I could con- 

 tinually get a very, very little, but it was so little that I 

 didn't think it paid to fuss with it any more. I suppose that 

 if there was some method used whereby that refuse (I call 

 it cheese), could be scraped up as in a cider-press, I think 

 you could get a little more wax out of it, but I don't think it 

 is worth the trouble. 



Mr. France — I have had considerable experience, and in 

 fact the first day I used the German wax-press I rendered 

 out 2,000 combs. You speak about turning the screw down, 

 and then up, and then down again. Now, didn't you turn 

 the screw down until the wax oozed out, and then you turned 

 it up and pawed it over, and the oozing out of the wax per- 

 mitted you to turn it down lower? 



