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desired, slips of lace-paper about 4 inch wide may be used in 
lieu of wide slips as above described, but they do not protect the 
wood, nor do they make as secure a binding for the glasses as the 
method above recommended. Lace-paper frilling, in pieces 
about 20 inches long, costs 6d. to 7d. per 100 slips. 
When small quantities of sections are to be forwarded, a good 
method of packing them is to use the cheap 
161. Marketing travelling crate (Fig. 49), which can be put 
Honey. Parcel together by any intelligent person. It can 
Post Crates. be made to hold eight or any smaller 
quantity of one-pound sections for parcel 
post; the crate for eight sections consists of two end pieces 
of wood 5} inches by 5} inches by } inch, joined by eight 
pieces of sawn plaster lath, cut 17 to 18 inches long: these may 
be purchased three feet in length in bundles which may be sawn 
in two. The laths are nailed to the sides of the squares, against 
which are placed two pieces of corrugated paper 5} inches by 
5} inches. Carefully drawn hay or straw, long enough to wrap 
round four sides of a section, should be laid neatly in and across 
the crate from end to end, each wisp lying against three sides of 
the crate and sufficient ends being left to permit of their being 
folded across the fourth side. The sections, previously wrapped 
in wax paper should be re-wrapped in stiff packing paper, and 
then firmly tied in one long package, the ends being protected by 
wood or cardboard squares 4} by 4} inches (Fig. 47); this 
package should then be wrapped in brown paper, again firmly 
tied, and then pressed down into the straw or hay in the crate 
(Fig. 48), and the ends of the straw or hay wisps should be 
drawn over the package and secured down by laths. The whole 
should be further secured by cord over the laths (Fig. 49). If 
desired, several crates thus packed might be enclosed in one 
large crate to be forwarded by rail. Care should be taken not 
to forward sections by post or rail unless they are firmly attached 
to the wood on all sides. 
When sections are to be forwarded by rail, a good method of 
: packing is to place them in wooden or card- 
162. Packing board boxes holding one dozen sections, and 
Rete aa then to re-pack these boxes in large boxes 
* or crates, holding six of the smaller boxes. 
The internal dimensions of the outer case should be, 2 ft. 6 in. in 
length, 1 ft. 4 in. in breadth, 1 ft. in depth; a thick layer of 
straw should be placed all round the small boxes, and a light 
layer of straw between them. 
Extracted honey may be conveniently forwarded in bulk in 
' tins holding about 56 lbs. (Fig. 50). Such 
163. Packing tins, with lever lids, cost about Is. 6d. each, 
Extracted Honey for and should be packed in wooden crates or 
Forwarding by Rail. cases, also costing about Is. 6d. each. 
Extracted honey forwarded in glass jars 
should be very carefully packed, to provide against breakage. 
