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when skimmed off, leaves the honey in the very best condition for 

 market. 



Pig. 1. Double Hone y-bipening. tank. 



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Pig. 2. Sectional, View of Same. 



Pig. 1 represents a honey-ripening tank, 6 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 18 in. deep, out- 

 side measurements, capable of holding about 1,250 lbs. of honey in each oompartmeat. 

 It should be made of ijin. timber, and lined with good stout tin. 



Ill PigM. 1 and 2 the letters refer to the same parts. A, A, iron strengthening-iod, 

 with screw-nut ; B, B, battens 2Jin. wide by lin. thick, against which the boards of 

 the tank are nailed ; 0, C, honey cut-off taps. 



I must also bring forward another point of considerable import- 

 ance — that is, that the honey from each day's extracting as it is run 

 into the tank should be left undisturbed until ready to be run off 

 into tins or other vessels for market. It is most unwise to run two 

 or more days' extracting together in same tank, as the frequent 

 disturbance of the honey is both against its clarifying and ripening 

 properly. The tanks I recommend are divided along the centre 



