APHiti, 1918 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



197 



issue until the new crop begins to move, about June 

 1 ) Charles J. Brand, 



Chief of Bureau. 



STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP. MANAGEMENT. OIECTJ- 

 IjATION, etc., of gleanings in BEE CUL- 

 TURE, PUKLISHED MONTHLY AT ME- 

 DINA, OHIO, REQUIRED BY THE 

 ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912. 



Editor, E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio; Managing Edi- 

 tor, H. G. Rowe, Medina, Ohio; Publisher, The A. 

 I. Root Co.. Medina, Ohio. Owners: The A. I. 

 Root Co. Stockholders holding 1 per cent or more 

 stock as follows: A. L. Boyden, Carrie B. Boyden, 

 Constance R. Bovden, L. W. Boyden, Mildred C. 

 Bryant, H. R. Calvert, J. T. Calvert, Maude R. Cal- 

 vert, A. I. Root, E. R. Root, H. H. Root, Susan 

 Root, H. E. Aylard, Guardian, Addie M. Shaw, 

 W. L. Shaw, all of Medina, Ohio, A. A. Bostwick, 

 Seville, Ohio. There are no bondholders, mortgages, 

 and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or 

 more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other 

 securities. E. R. ROOT, Editor. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21st day 

 of March, 1918. 

 (Seal) H. C. West, Notary Public. 



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