JANUARY 15, 1913 



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Bees Thrive and 

 Owners Prosper 



in the 



San Joaquin Valley 



California 



Here is the beekeeper's opportunity. 



Conditions are just right for his business 

 and there's a hungry market right at home. 

 Great cities like San Francisco and Los 

 Angeles make stead}', profitable markets. 

 And think of the thousands of pounds ship- 

 ped to eastern markets. 



The 200,000 people now in the San Joa- 

 quin Valley have only made a beginning in 

 developing its marvelous agi'icultural re- 

 sources. Over seven million acres of won- 

 derful crop-producing soil are awaiting the 

 men who will set them at work. Your dol- 

 lars will have greater earning power here; 

 your brain and muscle will count for more. 



The best of it is that you can buy this 

 land with water developed, or with water 

 rights, at about $12.5 an acre, on favorable 

 terms. You can get quick results. Most 

 of the land was wheat-fields or grazing 

 land, and it is easily put into alfalfa, one 

 of the best bee foods. You have the ad- 

 vantages of long summers, and then there 

 is no time that you can not do out-of-doors 

 work comfortably and profitably. 



You will find good schools, good roads, 

 telephones, rural delivei-y, electric light and 

 power, trolleys, and a " get-together-and- 

 help-each-other " spirit that makes the new- 

 comer feel at home at once. 



The Santa Fe has published a folder 

 about the San Joaquin Valley which is full 

 of information for the homeseeker. It gives 

 the experiences of people who have taken 

 up different lines of farming, and tells of 

 the results they have secured. 



Read the book; then see the country. It 

 will cost but little. Go now, while work is 

 slack. The Santa Fe runs low-fare home- 

 seekers' excursions to California, and else- 

 where southwest, on first and third Tuesday 

 each month. Time on the road, only three 

 days from Chicago. I will gladly send the 

 San Joaquin Valley folder free and give 

 3'ou full information about trains and fares. 



C. L. Seagraves 



General Colonization Agent. A. T. & S. F. 

 Ry. 2120 Railway Exchange, Chicago 



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The A. I. Root Co.: — 



The three-frame nucleus shipped by you on Aug. 

 31 came safely this morning. The bees were in ex- 

 cellent condition, despite the extremely hot weather 

 of Saturday and Sunday. By their aid I have strength- 

 ened a weak colony, with every prospect of being 

 able to winter it successfully. 



Andrew J. Montgomeey. 



Oak Park, 111., Sept. 2. 



The A. J. Root Co.: — 



Herewith I append my crop report. I had six 

 colonies May 1, 1912; have taken 550 lbs. of comb 

 honey, and increased to 12 colonies. Honey is most- 

 ly from poplar, alsike, and basswood — no white clo- 

 ver worth mentioning. If weather conditions are 

 favorable next spring we shall get a great fiow from 

 white clover. It looks good now. I have sold nearly 

 all my honey at 20 ets. I haven't enough to supply 

 my customers. I forgot to mention in my report that 

 my best colony produced 177 sections, nearly all 

 fancy. Said colony has not swarmed since 1903. 

 Edward Blackstone. 



Cumberland, C, Aug. 26. 



