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means of which the honey is allowed to flow direct from the 

 extractor into a strainer, and thence into a tank, the whole 

 process being automatic, so that the pure honey can ultimately 

 be drawn off from the tank without further trouble, direct 

 into the packing tins or other vessels. 



In both figures, a represents an ordinary two-comb extractor, 

 fixed on a platform about 2ft. 7in. above the level of the floor 

 at one end of the extracting-house ; B, the strainer ; C C, a 

 double tank : D, the position of a 60 lb. tin or other vessel 

 ready to be filled from the tank ; and E, the uncapping can. 



The strainer is a vessel of strong tin, stretching across the 

 double tank, on the outer edges of which it rests by means of 



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Fig. 73.— GEOTTCTD PLAN. 



flanges attached to its ends. The bottom, for one half its 

 length, is close, the other half having a fine wire gauze (sixteen 

 wires to the lineal inch) let in and soldered like a milk strainer. 

 By simply turning the strainer end for end, it can be made to 

 work into either of the two divisions of the tank. The honey, 

 as it flows from the extractor, passes first through a rough 

 strainer, consisting of a frame of wood, two inches deep and 



