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On Rational Bee-Keeping. 
It should also be provided with a tap, from which 
the honey may be drawn off into the jars in 
which it is intended to be kept. 
2. The extractor ; composed of a board about 
eighteen inches square, and about an inch in 
thickness. At each corner of this board is fixed 
an upright, made of hard wood, an inch square, 
and eight inches in height, I. 
These uprights should have the outer corners 
rounded, and should be fixed very firmly to the 
angles of the board. In the centre of this board 
there is a square wooden axis, A A, which passes 
through it to the distance of about an inch 
below. 
This projecting piece is provided with a fer- 
rule, in the centre of which is a pin, revolving 
in a nut fixed in the centre of the tub. 
This axis will be of the same height as the 
uprights on each side of the tub, M M ; and its 
upper part, K, being arranged in the same way as 
the lower, will be held firmly in its place by the 
cross-bar, T T, placed over the two uprights. 
In order to keep the four uprights of the 
extractor in their proper position, bind them 
together at the top by means of four iron rods 
about three-quarters of an inch in thickness. 
