MAEKETINa HONBT. 



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Figf. 103. 

 GLAZED SECTION BOX. 



purchased cheaply, and cut to the correct size. Give the paper 

 a coat of good paste : set the section, top side up, upon it, 

 exactly in the middle from side to side, and projecting about 



J" beyond one end of the slip. 

 Place a square of glass 

 against each side ; and turn all 

 over on the slip, pressing the 

 edges of the paper on the 

 glass as each side is turned, 

 and fastening the corners 

 neatly with a little paste. The 

 fold will be on the bottom ; 

 and a neat label describing 

 the contents, and with the 

 producer's name and address, 

 may be pasted on the top (306). 

 The glass should be polished 

 clean, and the section should 

 then be wrapped in paper. 

 Glazed boxes for sections are 

 much used (Fig. 102). They are inexpensive, entail little 

 ')r no trouble, and are convenient packages on a merchant's 

 counter. (See also 398, p. 213.) 



305. Packing Sections for Transport. — Honey-comb sent per 

 post or rail, requires careful packing to avoid breakage en route. 



The travelling crate 

 illustrated (Tig. 103) 

 takes one dozen sec- 

 tions, and has an ar- 

 rangement of light 

 springs underneath, to 

 minimise jolting of the 

 contents, while the 

 glass sides disclose the 

 fragile nature of the 

 goods within, and ap- 

 peal to the compassion 

 of railway porters and 

 other transport agents 

 The Home-made Tra- 

 velling Crate (Fig. 104) 

 consists of two squares 

 of wood, 5i" ^ S4" X 

 Y, and 12 pieces of 



Vie- 103. 



TEAVILLING CRATE. 



plaster lath, 14' X I'.x i'. The laths are tacked on three sides 

 of the squares ; two pieces of corrugated card;board si X 5i . 

 are slipped in at each end; and the crate is well Imed with 

 straw. Six sections, carefully wrapped in wax paper, are m- 



