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THE HONEY EXTBACTOE AKD ITS USB. 



CHAPTEK XL 



THE HONEY EXTRACTOR AND ITS USE. 



ITS VALUE. 



Second only in importance to the iuTention of movable 

 frames, is that of the macliine for extracting liquid 

 honey from the combs. It was inyented by Herr Hrus- 



AUJUSTABLE FRAME 



BEST. 



Fig. 67. — TJNITBD STATES BTANDAKD EXTRACTOR. 



chka, of Grermany, in 1868. The simple words, "centri' 

 fugal force," solved the problem, and taught us all how 

 short a step it often is from obscurity to light. Mr. 

 Langstroth had a glimmering of it, ten years before, 

 when he wrote, "If store combs could be made of gutta 

 percha, they might be emptied of their contents, and re- 



