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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1 



Made of wire that is 

 "all life and strength — wire 

 that stretches true and tight 

 and yields just enough under impact 

 to give back every jolt and jam it 

 receives. 



Made of materials selected and tested ^ 

 3 in all the stages from our own mines, 

 ' through our own blast furnaces and rolling 

 and wire mills, to the finished product. Our 

 employment of specially adapted metals is 

 ""-^ of great importance in fence wire; a wire 

 that must be hard yet not brittle; stiff and springy yet 

 flexible enough for splicing — best and most durable 

 fence material on earth. 



To obtain these and in addition apply a quality of gal- 

 vanizing that will effectually protect against weather 

 conditions, is a triumph of the wiremaker's art. 



These are combined in the American and Ellwood 

 fences — the product of the greatest innies, stec 1 

 producing plants and wire mills in tlie woild 

 And with these good facilities and the old 

 and skilled employes back of them, we 

 maintain the highest standard of ex- 

 cellence possible for human skill 

 and ingenuity to produce. 



Dealers everywhere, carry- 

 ing styles adapted to every 

 purpose. See them. 



American Steel 

 & Wire Co. 



Chicago 

 NeMT York 

 Denver 

 San 

 Francisco 



