FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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3^4 starters. The size of these blocks is not important, 

 ^8 square being a good size. With a rule of any con- 



-Pis'. 46. — Sweet Clover. 



venient length ^x34, this rule being used to guide the 

 knife in cutting, the machine would now be ready for the 

 foundation if one had an eye accurate enough to put the 

 rule in the right place. In order to do this quickly and 

 accurately, nails against which to place the rule at the 

 right places are partly driven in on both sides; 2>^-inch 

 wire finishing-nails are good for this purpose. The board 

 is to lie before you, having the side with the four stop- 

 blocks nearest you. Drive a nail into each side of the 

 board so that there shall be a space of just 3^4 inches 

 between the end-stop and the nail. I don't mean you 

 shall mark a point 334 inches from the end-stop and 



