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HONEY PRODUCTION. 



742. "The case is made of four plane boards, B, B, C, C, (flg. 

 177). They are out 1-16 in. narrower than the sections are high. 

 A side and an end are nailed together in the form of a letter L. 

 When two of these L shaped sections are placed together, they 

 form the rectangular case, open at two opposite corners diagon- 



' i^c. END VIEW 1 fTTrnwiirSi yi ■^' '^' ■*"' ®®''*'''" Boxes. 



B, B, C, C, Plane side and end 

 boards. 



D, D, folded tin corner plates . 



E, E, Flanges folded outward 

 on ends of D. 



F, F, Tin wedses which hold 

 the case tight on the sections 

 after clamping. 



J, J, J, Iron clamp by which 

 the case is drawn tight on 

 the sections both ways. 



H, H, Heads of nails through 

 slots I. 



O, O, O, Tin Separator in 

 place. 



P, P, NaiTow tin strips sup- 

 porting separators. 



N, N, N, Slotted honey boar.l , 



ally. The boards are mitred together at these open corners and 

 are clasped together by the tin angle plate D. These corner 

 plates are also bent L shape. 



" They are as high when folded as the sections, and 3 J inches 

 from the corner to each end. They have a small flange, bent 

 outward on eacli end, E, and a double fold bent inward on each 

 side, which forms sockets f inch wide in which the end of the 

 boards slide in and out, thus expanding or contracting the case in 

 length and width. 



" The folded side edges of the tin slide in saw grooves cut in 

 the edges of the boards, are shown in the small figures, and the 

 case is held rigid, whether open or closed. A small nail is driven 

 through each of the slots I, into the wood, to prevent the case 

 from opening farther than about J inch larger each way than 

 when closed. 



''The case when closed is a little smaller than the tier of sec- 

 tions to be used. 



" To fill the case it is placed on a level board and opened out. 

 The sections are then carelessly arranged inside, and then drawn 

 into position by pressing the case together. A wrought iron 

 clamp, J, is then slipped over the case, and by operating the 



