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foundation into general use. These machines, though a great 

 aid to apiculture, were still imperfect, and though sold at an 

 extravagantly high price — through no fault of Mr. Root, as he 

 informs me — were in great demand. Next, Mrs. F. Dunham 

 greatly improved the machine by so making the rolls that the 

 foundation would have a very thin base and high, thick walls, 

 which, in the manufacture, were not greatly pressed. These 

 three points are very desirable in all foundation — thin base 

 and thick, high walls, which shall not be compactly pressed. 



Fig. 168. 



Roller Comb Foundation Machine. — From American Bee Journal, 



Mr. Chas. Ohlm invented a machine for cutting the plates, 

 which greatly cheapened the machines. This was purchased 

 by Mr. Root, and he says that ninety percent of the foundation 

 made in the United States has been made on machines, the 

 rollers of which were embossed by this Ohlm machine. 



Mrs. Dunham is not only entitled to gratitude for the 

 superior excellence of the machines she manufactured, but by 



