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which had been previously wound about the top of the 
axle, after the manner of top-spinning. Replace the wooden 
tub with one of tin, and the string with gearing, and it will 
be seen that we have essentially the neat extractor of to-day. 
The machine is of foreign invention, is not covered by a 
patent, and so may be made by any one who desires to 
do so. 
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United States Extractor. Muth Extractor, 
The first American honey extractor was that made ly 
Messrs. Langstroth and Wagoner (see Am. Bee Jour- 
nal, Vol. 3, No. 10), in the year 1867. As we should expect, 
our enterprising friends, A. I. Root (Novice), M. M. Bald- 
ridge, and others were soon in the field. Some of these 
early extractors, like the Peabody, ran without gearing ; 
others, like Mr. Baldridge’s, were of wood, while Mr. 
