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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. 



Fig. io.'^. Fig. 



United States Extractor, 



Comb Basket. 



Fig. 105. 



Muth Extractor, 



The first American honey extractor was that made by 

 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. 



