A COMPLETE ESTABLISHMENT. 



We say that we can supplj everything for the bee-ki-eper. It is a literal fact. Anything 

 from bees to books, or hive to honey- ioa-ds The completeness of our factory is ii.)t realized by 

 most bee-keepeis. Below we give the main Departments of ou»- business. Read them over and then 

 we are sure you will understand when we say everything for the bee-keeper, we mean it. 



WOOD-WORKING DEPT. 



This dep'irtinent occupies the 3 floors of the main building of the factory. It is equipped from 

 top to bottom with the best machinery that brains can invent and money buy. Every detail in hive 

 making has bt-en figured out. Immense sheds coveiing acres of ground protect the lumber piles so 

 that shrinkage is reduced to almost nothing. That accounts for the accurate fi ting and clearness 

 of stock of Root's wooden wares. The entire factory, light, and machinery power, is furnished by a 

 great, 400 horse-powcr engine, and a 100 horse-power dynamo. 



WAX-WORKING DEPT, 



We are leaders in buying wax and selling the famous Weed Process Foundation. Our Wax De- 

 partment is lurnished wi'h tanks for refining, machines for sheeting, all sizes of mills, aulomat'C 

 papering machines, etc. Over 150,000 pounds of foundation is made, boxed and shipped all over the 

 world every year. 



TIN SHOP 



Here are made the thousands of smokers that bear the Root trade mark of excellence Here are 

 made the cans for extractors and uncapping cans. Machines for cutting honey-boords; presses for 

 stamping tin and iron into various forms. 



MACHINE SHOP 



Equipped with the most expensive machinery and manned by skillful employees. We make 

 our own metal parts and much machinery for other factories. Powerful iron presses, iron cutting 

 and drilling machines are in evidence everywhere. 



APIARIES 



We have scattered in and around Medina 5 apiaries devoted exclusively to bee and queen rear- 

 ing, supplemented by 5 more in New York, Pennsylvania and Cuba, and we control the product of 

 several other large que^-n-breeding establishments. Our queens are bred with scientific care. We 

 test every device we make before it is introduced to the public. 



SHIPPING DEPTS. 



Two railroads run their cars to our doors. From a dozen to 20 men are kept busy loading and 

 packing the 176 to 200 carloads we ship every year, besides the thousands of less than carload ship- 

 ments. Eight express trains a day. With large warehouse packed full and a great factory, it is a 

 little wonder thit Roots have gained a reputation far promptness in filling orders for the hundreds 

 of things in their catalog. 



PRINTING DEPT. 



Two large cylinder presses: 3 platen presses; paper folder, trimming, cutting and stitching ma- 

 chines; skilled type-setters, printers, book-binders— all help to turn out semi-monthly the large 

 issues of Gleanings in Bee Culture; the five to ten thousand ABC books every year; together with 

 our 400,000 supply catalogs, not speaking of the numerous other ca'alogs, booklets, labels and all vari- 

 etit s of printing Two carloads ot paper required for our annual catalog, a half carload for our 

 Christmas Gleanings alone. 



BRANCHES AND AGENTS 



Eight branches with large stock in all great centers. Numerous jobbing agencies and hundreds 

 of Smaller agents place our goods at your door at factory prices, wit rt freight chargesand the time 

 taken in shipment reduced to the lowest \ ossible point. We wonder if the bee keeper ever thinks of 

 the many hands and brains that plan for him ? Of the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the 

 hours consumed to make and deliver his supplies? 



OFFICE 



The office is the brain of the factory. Here are the executive, editorial, advertising and book- 

 keeping heads. Here the thousands of details are cared for. Root's office is as modern as you can 

 find any where. Six typewriters are kept busy; adding machine, copying machine, vertical letter 

 files, card indexes, etc. — everything to care for the half million dollars worth of business we do 

 yearly. We have every interest of the bee-keeper at heart. We are working for your good, for your 

 p.csparity means ours. 



The Compliments of the Season to Our Friends all Over the World. 



Our Catalog for 1906 is ready. Write for a copy if you want it now. 



THE A. I ROOT COMPANY, Medina, Ohio. 



