Title: American bee journal
Identifier: americanbeejourn491909hami (find matches)
Year: 1861 (1860s)
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Subjects: Bee culture; Bees
Publisher: (Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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SOME GOOD PREMIUM AND CLUBBING OFFERS Capacity, 24< Pounds by Ounces The NEW FAMILY SCALE Latest Idea in Scales— Terfection Slanting Dial Scales A scale is invaluable for check- ing up all purchases made. There is a long: felt want in every family for a reliable, accurate, good weighing pair of scales that is sold at a moderate price. preserving, cooking and baking, a pair of scales is necessary in weighing the proper proportion of fruit, sugar, etc., as all recipes are now prescribed by ounces and pounds, instead uf the old method of using cups, which were found to differ very materially in size. When the batcher brings a roast or leaves a steak, or the grocery boy delivers your order, it's a mighty good idea to weigh it. Suppose a roll of butter is purchasod. Place a plate upon the platform and turn the pcrew towards the left until the hand is brought back aKain to zero. Then the butter is placed on the plate and the actual weight of the butter is indicated on the dial. Warranted absolutely accurate and will last a life-time. Each scale packed in an individual b(.)X. It is entirely different trom any scale ever offered. It is built entirely oi steel, exceptthe dial, which is made of aluminum with the marks and 6giu-es large enough to be seen easily. The back-ground is finished in black. The platfonn is made oi a heavy glazed tile, supported on double steel uprights. This is entirely new and never seen on any scale beiure. The scale is beautifcilly finished in Alumin- um Bronze, artistically decorated. It can be mstantly adjusted to be used with a basket, ptate Of any other vesseL Price. $1.40. fay express, not prepaid; or with (he American See/ournai oae yesr— both (or $ B .90; or ^iven free as a prem- ium for scndio^ us 5 new subscribers at 75c eacf
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